A bad night for Biden in Iowa is good news for Buttigieg, Klobuchar and Bloomberg

[brooklynite]

Washington Post

DES MOINES – Joe Biden’s core message was electability, but the former vice president failed to consolidate support among the majority of Iowa caucus-goers who said choosing a candidate who can beat President Trump was their first priority, according to preliminary entrance polls conducted Monday night.

Just under one-quarter of electability-focused voters supported Biden, while a similar percentage backed former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) each drew about 15 percent support among this group.

By contrast, Biden received only 5 percent support among caucus-goers who said it was most important to nominate a candidate they agree with. Sanders led among this group with 36 percent support.

Because of technical problems, no winner has been called. In fact, the state Democratic Party has still not released any official numbers. It’s therefore important to emphasize the preliminary and anecdotal nature of what we know, but there’s a body of evidence that points to a bad night for Biden.

“It’s a very close race among the top three candidates (Warren, Sanders, Buttigieg) and Biden came a distant fourth,” tweeted Warren chief strategist Joe Rospars.

[LeftTurn3623]

1. last night showed Pete beating Biden by 1% in that category

of choosing a candidate who can beat President Trump was their first priority

surprised me to be honest. But I do agree. Pete has a better chance of beating Trump.

[Progress_Dem]

2. And Sanders too

Sanders' campaign would much rather have Buttigieg coming out of Iowa in a better position than Biden.

[still_one]

3. Tell me about electability when you have a system that doesn't discriminate against people with

mobility problems or can’t spend several hours in a caucus hall or being badgered by folks to vote for their candidate

The caucus system is an insult to wanting EVERYONE to vote

Talk about rigged, that is what the caucus does, it rigs it against certain demographics

Is that what we really want?

[bdamomma]

4. Iowa is not the end all or be all

we still have many primaries to go. Situations could change very quickly.

[apcalc]

6. Exactly...one tiny piece...and it's a caucus to boot

[emmaverybo]

5. Why use Iowa to predict anything about anyone in the running? Much bigger fish to fry down

the road.

[comradebillyboy]

7. I hate to say it but Joe's campaign organization is pretty unimpressive.

Joe really needs to up his game or the nomination will slip away.

[FloridaBlues]

8. Keep Iowa in prospective approx 178,000 voters showed up for the entire state

Not a great showing this cycle, this is a small neighborhood in most large states.
Even if biden came in 4 th perhaps Amy 5th and so on down the line. we are at the beginning stages of voting
Don't dismiss any candidate and don't crow about your choice it could change shortly down the line.

[DanTex]

9. LOL. Gee, seems to be a name missing there...

It's like Bernie never even ran in Iowa.