Buttigieg, Sanders separated by thousandths of a point after Iowa recanvass

[Uncle Joe]

Pete Buttigieg's already narrow state delegate equivalent lead over Bernie Sanders has reduced further, to less than a hundredth of a percentage point, after the Iowa Democratic Party announced the results of a recanvass of targeted precincts from the state's Democratic caucuses.

Buttigieg now leads Sanders by .08 state delegate equivalents, according to results posted by the state party — 26.186 percent for Buttigieg to 26.182 percent for Sanders. The initial results were marred by apparent reporting or mathematical errors.

Sanders' campaign said it will seek a recount. The Buttigieg and Sanders campaigns have 24 hours to formally request one.


“We now believe a recount will give Sen. Sanders enough State Delegate Equivalents to put him over the top by that metric as well. We want to thank the people of Iowa, our supporters, our volunteers and everyone who made this possible," Sanders senior adviser Jeff Weaver said in the statement.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/18/buttigieg-sanders-iowa-recanvass-gap-115898

[squirecam]

1. Iowa needs to just go away

It had its chance.

[George II]

2. Of course Weaver is calling for a recount.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

6. Why do you NOT want them to get the count right?

It's not like the world is on hold while they recount. We have lots of time until the convention.

[jalan48]

3. Let's get it right and not have a 2000 Florida like fiasco. We have plenty of time to do the recount

[CalFione]

4. Buttigieg won Iowa by 0.1%. Bernie won NH by 1.3%

There's no validity to calling Bernie the "prohibitive front-runner".


Both of those results are statistical ties. And in the delegate race, they are ACTUAL ties.

[George II]

7. Buttigieg got more delegates than Sanders in Iowa, the same in NH. Not a statistical tie.

[CentralMass]

5. Sanders is leading nationally by double digits in several polls..

The recanvassing results reported yesterday cut the Iowa delta to 0.08% and a recount has been requested. We need to wait for that... so it is what it is. Calling Sanders the frontrunner as of today is not a stretch

[CalFione]

8. He was up by 8% in NH just 48 hours before the vote

And won by 1.3%



He was up by 7% in Iowa just 48 hours before the vote

And basically tied.




Bernie underperforms his polling consistently.

[CentralMass]

9. Call it as you see it. Our opinio3s won't change anything..

[CentralMass]

10. Why Bernie Sanders is the current favorite for the Democratic nomination

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/18/politics/democratic-primary-favorite-analysis/index.html