Jeff Weaver: Sanders wins with 29.4%

[sandensea]

Pete Buttigieg, second; Elizabeth Warren, third; Joe Biden, fourth; and Amy Klobuchar, fifth.

[Me.]

1. And He Has That Info How?

That will certainly bring forth calls of favoritism and rigging if he has been given early results

[George II]

3. ..

[sandensea]

5. Sure. It's his claim, based on "internal numbers from 60% of caucus locations"

It's not official, so we can only take him at his word.

We'll know more in 3-4 hours (knock wood!).

[sweetloukillbot]

12. 40% - unless he's pulled more numbers out today

[sandensea]

14. Right. "60%" is merely what he said in his statement.

How true is all that? We'll see in a few hours.

[wisteria]

34. Yes.

[sunnybrook]

2. I am watching this

How the hell is it the candidate's job to report results? Totally inappropriate

[JudyM]

35. Pete's giving his numbers.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287473912

[wisteria]

36. Exactly

[LongtimeAZDem]

4. Bernie's people say Bernie won. Well, that settles THAT

[wisteria]

38. LOL

[highplainsdem]

6. Partial results provided by one candidate. Why the hell would MSNBC give them a platform for this?

[Me.]

8. Could He & HIs People Mess Things Up Any More Than They Have Already Done?

[wisteria]

39. Take a guess.

[scheming daemons]

7. Jeff Weaver is reporting partial results from precincts that Bernie did well in....

..... it is data manipulation.

He is basically saying:

"In the precincts we were strongest, our total shows us with 29%".


That's B.S.

[BlueMTexpat]

9. Well, if Jeff Weaver

says it, it must be so.

Personally, I'll wait for the official results.

Allowing or appointing Weaver do something like this is just another reason why BS is NOT among my preferred candidates.

[squirecam]

10. Yep

Nt

[sandensea]

13. True. Nothing's official yet; it's just his word at this point

I felt it was worth noting that he made this statement - but have no opinion one way or the other.

Could be right; could be wrong. We'll see tonight (knock wood).

[BlueMTexpat]

43. ...

[Autumn]

15. I heard that the Sanders campaign sent workers to every caucus to record the live results

They had a big ground game there.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

17. Yes they are reporting based on 40% of precincts.

Places BS did well. How about the places where Sanders was not viable?

[Autumn]

19. Well if you know where he wasn't viable by all means post those numbers and let us know.

I'm commenting on the OP and posted what I heard, not something I pulled out of my ass.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

20. I'm waiting for official returns...

not spinning the BS of of people like Jeff Weaver and Jeff Sirota.

[Autumn]

22. And I'm commenting on a post I was interested in.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

23. So? I don't trust Jeff Weaver.

And if the vaunted BS "organization" is so great, why does Weaver release numbers based on 40% of precincts? Huh? Why?

Something smells very fishy.

[Autumn]

27. Well I do and that can't be changed by you so... just scroll on by.nt

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

28. But you claimed that BS "sent workers to every caucus to record the live results."

Right? Yet Weaver says his numbers are based on 40% of the precincts.

Do you not see how these to claims don't add up?

Same old. Same old.

[Autumn]

32. Scroll on by....

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

41. Nah. One can't have a team that claims to have people on the ground

in every precinct and then release numbers based on 40% of the precincts, especially with the very bad track records of Weaver, Sirota, Turner , and Joy Gray.

Sub-zero credibility.

[wisteria]

40. I am with you on this.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

16. The level of credibility of Jeff Weaver (et al)?

Sub-zero.

What does David Sirota say?

[HarlanPepper]

18. I mean if I needed comic books he'd be my guy but not on this.

[JudyM]

21. MSNBC just said RCP has him winning at approx. that number.

(Don’t remember the precise number, and not immediately finding it on their website)

[JudyM]

24. Do you have a link?

[FreeState]

25. Nope - link to all precincts data

https://peteforamerica.com/results/

[sandensea]

30. Thanks for that link. It does match what Weaver said.

The link you provided shows Pete getting 24.7% of the aligned votes - which matches the figure Weaver mentioned (24.9%, as I recall) almost exactly.

We'll know later today - knock wood.

[sweetloukillbot]

33. Those numbers look around 25% total votes

Less in delegates.
It is running roughly with what Sanders is claiming.
Unless Warren, Biden or Klobuchar did a lot better, Sanders may have this.
This is all going off unofficial numbers though.

[lapucelle]

26. The "data" was collected by the BS campaign.

Jeff Weaver's statement:

Due to the failure of the Iowa Democratic Party to release results tonight and in the interest of full transparency, Bernie 2020 Senior Advisor Jeff Weaver is releasing the campaign’s internal reporting numbers, which represent the results from nearly 40 percent of precincts in Iowa."

"'We recognize that this does not replace the full data from the Iowa Democratic Party, but we believe firmly that our supporters worked too hard for too long to have the results of that work delayed,' Jeff Weaver said."

"The data below was collected by trained Sanders volunteers at representative precincts from all four congressional districts from a cross section of urban and rural parts of the state."

There is no "data below" because the KCCI website declined to post the "data" that the BS campaign had collected.

https://www.kcci.com/article/listen-iowa-democratic-party-gives-statement-on-results-delay-campaigns-respond/30759843

[Fresh_Start]

29. Pretending its real BS 2016 49.6% - BS 2020 29.4%

sounds like BS really did lose half of his support since 2016

[wisteria]

42. Good point

[wisteria]

31. Sure

He knows no more than anyone else. He is just trying to create inevitably outcome.

[Nanjeanne]

37. He didn't say "wins". He said it's what their numbers show with 60% of

Precincts captains showing data. But absolutely said they are feeling good but are looking forward to getting actual results. And Bernie reiterated that no one should be declaring a win without the actual results.

ETÀ. It’s very easy to listen to exactly what both Sanders and Weaver said by listening to them.

Link to tweet