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1. Wow. As of now, it's going to end either 22-22 or 23-21 (either direction).

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Tue Feb 2, 2016, 12:16 AM

Feb 2016

That coin toss might have made all the difference.

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Hillary Clinton wins Iowa precinct by coin toss ** UPDATED ** [View all] tomm2thumbs Feb 2016 OP

Wow. As of now, it's going to end either 22-22 or 23-21 (either direction). thesquanderer Feb 2016 #1

There were 4 coin tossese - 4 precints were decided this way, by this articcle. trillion Feb 2016 #37

Newest update said 6 coin tosses, all going to Clinton. (Talk about beating odds!) thesquanderer Feb 2016 #47

The coins must have been establishment money. That will go for Hilliary every time. Akicita Feb 2016 #66

Caucuses are ridiculous. Metric System Feb 2016 #2

Coin tosses are tie breakers for other kinds of elections Renew Deal Feb 2016 #9

If HRC thumped Bernie tonight, you wouldn't say that Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #12

Hillary won. Metric System Feb 2016 #16

Reading comprehension is a dying skill in the US. Re-read the post, then comment Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #17

another civil benie supporter - saturnsring Feb 2016 #26

Another person who made assumptions based on my original post. Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #34

Have you listened to a single speech by Bernie? trillion Feb 2016 #38

AndAmerica looses. Unless you're into war, wallstreet and the trans pacific partnership. trillion Feb 2016 #24

They're terrified that Mr Sanders would lose in the general. malthaussen Feb 2016 #59

Yup. Shadowflash Feb 2016 #61

Hillary won by a hair, and the division and discord sown will make her unelectable in the General. / JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #29

She did not win the caucuses. She won the coin tosses. JDPriestly Feb 2016 #40

"That is the oddest mix I can think of. " Thor_MN Feb 2016 #50

But she was supposed to win by a large margin. A tie is bad news for her 7962 Feb 2016 #51

Iowa is 90% white, as is New Hampshire. Thor_MN Feb 2016 #55

Iowa is also 50% Female padfun Feb 2016 #60

I'm absolutely shocked to find that half of Iowa is women... Thor_MN Feb 2016 #62

The reality is, it was a tie. Not a win for hillary. padfun Feb 2016 #70

Please count the delegates and report back how less wins over more. Thor_MN Feb 2016 #71

Ok,I see that now. but that isnt really victory padfun Feb 2016 #72

Assisted by some possible shenanigans in Polk County. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #68

We don't know what the raw vote total was but there is a chance that Bernie actually totodeinhere Feb 2016 #57

Agree! mountain grammy Feb 2016 #15

O, lordie... chervilant Feb 2016 #20

I'm OK with the results. And I've always felt this way about caucuses. Metric System Feb 2016 #21

I bet, Hillary is the luckiest person I know! All the coin tosses! That is AMAZING! snooper2 Feb 2016 #63

I couldn't toss 6 coins and have all turn up heads. I think the DNC is bought by wall street. trillion Feb 2016 #64

LOL, If you flip a penny, and it lands heads, what are your odds it will be heads on the next flip snooper2 Feb 2016 #65

THE FORCE WAS WITH HER. nm LeFleur1 Feb 2016 #69

The young Sanders supporters in that video are rightly outraged. joshcryer Feb 2016 #23

Caucuses give candidates who bring new supporters a chance to shine The Second Stone Feb 2016 #36

All day event? You have never been to a caucus, I take it. Thor_MN Feb 2016 #52

The DNC should force states to use primaries starting in four years. Eric J in MN Feb 2016 #43

Two headed coin? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #3

Two-tailed Flying Squirrel Feb 2016 #18

They should divide the delegates that were determined by a coin toss. That is just not JDPriestly Feb 2016 #41

Well, we're not living in a perfect world Flying Squirrel Feb 2016 #45

If there really were six coin tosses, those tosses should be thrown out and the delegates JDPriestly Feb 2016 #46

I agree, split the delegates and throw out the coin tosses - this is 2016 wordpix Feb 2016 #48

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #4

I think it's Nevade where it's a hand of poker rpannier Feb 2016 #7

Well the same thing happened to the Packers when they played the Cardinals... milestogo Feb 2016 #5

Yes, because a football game is every bit as important as picking a president. CBGLuthier Feb 2016 #8

You hate to lose either one by a coin toss. milestogo Feb 2016 #11

And this is why Iowa should not be first bottomofthehill Feb 2016 #6

Do they mean a state convention delegate? caraher Feb 2016 #10

no, it's a delegate they get to send to the county convention, which then sends delegates to the Thav Feb 2016 #13

OK, I knew it couldn't be national caraher Feb 2016 #19

That does seem pretty silly Thav Feb 2016 #22

Still if the delegates chosen by coin toss are shared, then we get a more accurate outcome JDPriestly Feb 2016 #42

Right now there's only 95% in. HRC 671, Bernie 661. nt valerief Feb 2016 #14

We'll I feel sick. I guess the people here voting for Hillary are lucky. They have no idea what they trillion Feb 2016 #25

Might as well vote for Cruz, at least than I won't be surprise by the Mad Max Fury Road hellscape XD JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #28

what, a vote for Bernie is a vote for Cruz? Grow up. We need to vote for the person who is best in trillion Feb 2016 #30

Not what I said, I said a vote for Hillary is like a vote for Cruz...... JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #31

oh, sorry. I didn't get it when I read it. trillion Feb 2016 #32

Eh, I've seen every Mad Max movie.... JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #33

HAA! A Coin toss? Some electability JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #27

said a guy who just said a vote for Hillary is like a vote for Cruz CreekDog Feb 2016 #35

ohhh MyNameGoesHere Feb 2016 #39

Really? cannabis_flower Feb 2016 #44

After watching the caucus process covered better than ever before by MSNBC, Vinca Feb 2016 #49

Thank you for posting this- I doubt it'll make the TV or newspaper reports. hedgehog Feb 2016 #53

No it's all over the news. Even Drudge is carrying it. totodeinhere Feb 2016 #56

Fitting, given that Hillary is backed by BIG MONEY. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #54

Proving that the money is on Hillary's side. malthaussen Feb 2016 #58

Some may say that's Hillary's fault or a plot of some type. MariaThinks Feb 2016 #67