Buttigieg officially wins the Iowa caucuses

[AngelicaHora]

https://iowastartingline.com/2020/02/27/final-iowa-caucus-results-pete-buttigieg-wins/

The final Iowa Caucus results are finally final: Pete Buttigieg has won (still).

This evening, the Iowa Democratic Party released the results of the recount requested by Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg’s campaigns for 23 precincts. They reported that 19 results at the county delegate level were changed, but overall, it only slightly changed things in favor of Buttigieg, who already had an extremely narrow lead.

The final state delegate equivalent totals have Buttigieg at 562.954 and Sanders at 562.021. Compared to the most recent numbers following the recanvass, it appears that both candidates lost a small fraction of SDEs. Buttigieg was then at 563.207 and Sanders at 563.127.

That changes Buttigieg’s initial 0.003% victory after the recanvass to a commanding 0.04% win now.

Congrats to Pete for this incredible victory. If only the caucuses had gone smoothly and he'd received the media attention he so desperately needed. He'd likely have won NH as well and a much better shot at winning the nomination. But I suppose we'll never know.

In any case he has made history as the first LGBT, and (I believe) the youngest ever winner of a presidential primary/caucus.

[Lunch Lady]

1. Mayor Pete is a good man.

He tries hard to help people.

[W_HAMILTON]

2. I guess Mission Accomplished for the Sanders people.

They were the ones that pushed for these unnecessary reporting changes that added nothing but confusion to the mix and took away what should have been a declared victory for Buttigieg and the resulting press/momentum that came from it.

[efhmc]

4. Did it help or hurt their candidate or just the Dems in general?

[W_HAMILTON]

5. It helped Sanders and hurt Democrats.

Kinda par for the course when it comes to that crowd, really.

It helped Sanders because he proclaimed victory via a popular vote that has no bearing in a caucus and it muddled up Buttigieg's genuine win in Iowa for weeks.

It hurt Democrats for obvious reasons.

[efhmc]

7. I should have known the answer to that one.

[efhmc]

15. As I think is happenening in Texas also. From twitter:

@johninsc1
Just cast my tactical vote for Bernie Sanders in the #SCprimary2020

#MAGA #Trump2020
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[SunSeeker]

10. Exactly. Pete was robbed.

Pete was denied the poweful, momentum building title of the Iowa winner going into New Hampshire and Nevada. That must have had a negative affect on how many votes he got.

[brooklynite]

3. UNFAIR! We need to recount until Bernie wins!!!

[StevieM]

16. Careful with this argument. I love Pete, don't like Bernie...but let's be careful here.

This is what George W. Bush said in 2000. He said that the Gore people wanted to count and count until they got a result that they liked. In reality, it shouldn't matter how many times you count, the end result will always be the same if the count is complete and honest.

[braddy]

6. That was quick.

[ChubbyStar]

8. AP says not so fast

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287593858

[Cal Carpenter]

13. Wow, I was hoping that was the end of it.

Guess maybe not.

Guess I have to go read those AP articles now...

[Cha]

9. GOOD.. so sanders can't claim that.

[Kerrycrat]

11. Did Sanders still win popular vote?

Some Sanders folks are still claiming Bernie won all three of the first contests

[Cal Carpenter]

12. I'm glad that's finally worked out!

[peequod]

14. Congrats to Pete

even though Sanders won more actual votes on the first and second alignment, the rules are the rules. Considering the app shenanigans and missteps by the party, I'm sure everyone agrees, it was good to get to the bottom of this.

[StevieM]

17. Congratulations to Mayor Pete on a hard earned victory. (eom)