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32. I was so annoyed when Colorado didn't switch back to primaries.

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:53 PM

Feb 2016

There were efforts but the costs were too high so it got shot down. Caucuses are definitely cheaper, since it is pen and paper, no need to print out ballots (and since Colorado has mail in, no need to mail them out).

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Clinton hangs on in revised Iowa caucus results [View all] George II Feb 2016 OP

I wish they had something better than coins to work with for a narrative Blue_Adept Feb 2016 #1

This doesn't mean all contested results are finished and resolved. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #2

There's more to come? Baitball Blogger Feb 2016 #6

No Democratic primary recount or review will be a waste rocktivity Feb 2016 #8

It looks like Bernie won a Delegate over this. trillion Feb 2016 #36

They now have 22 each? rocktivity Feb 2016 #40

Yes, it does mean that the contested results have all been resolved. pnwmom Feb 2016 #16

Your new link does show that. My first post stands. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #20

"Iowa Democratic Caucus Results Updated After IDP Completes Review" pnwmom Feb 2016 #22

Do you not realize that my post preceded yours? When I posted, I had no idea of your link JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #23

Of course you had an "idea" of my link. You said in your post #20 that my #16 link pnwmom Feb 2016 #24

"Your new link does show that" -- Seems pretty clear I was agreeing with you. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #25

I admit I misread "does" as "doesn't" because of your following sentence pnwmom Feb 2016 #26

It means that at the time I posted it was accurate. I.e. I don't need to retract it, but the JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #27

With DWS in charge, it had to be done rocktivity Feb 2016 #3

"Costly and time-consuming" ? Even if this were true (which I doubt) wouldn't accurate and fair FailureToCommunicate Feb 2016 #4

Can someone show me a picture Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #5

Right on!!!! Beacool Feb 2016 #7

A wash rocktivity Feb 2016 #10

No, it isn't. Beacool Feb 2016 #12

It's good to have a woman but lets be clear, not every woman is good to have. trillion Feb 2016 #38

And, if it come between her and a Republican, I will vote for her. trillion Feb 2016 #39

I think we can give them that. It is history becuase she is the first woman to win an Iowa Caucus. trillion Feb 2016 #37

... William769 Feb 2016 #9

The fact that changing the disposition of just 5 or 6 delegates... Old Crow Feb 2016 #11

The costly recount that hasn't actually happened? jeff47 Feb 2016 #13

A thorough recount would involve counting the real raw votes -- the ballots -- pnwmom Feb 2016 #15

And since the party stupidly did not put in a mechanism for raw votes, tallies is the best we have. jeff47 Feb 2016 #17

The Sanders campaign was involved in the checking that was just completed. pnwmom Feb 2016 #18

So yes, we are now supposed to oppose transparency jeff47 Feb 2016 #19

People continue to ignore the much bigger problem: unfairness is built into the system. pnwmom Feb 2016 #14

+1. Kansas has a caucus now, too. I caucused for the first time in 2008. It was an exhausting, time- tblue37 Feb 2016 #30

I was so annoyed when Colorado didn't switch back to primaries. joshcryer Feb 2016 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author jeff47 Feb 2016 #21

Where are the vote totals? This is not transparency; this is a confession of error plus a "trust me" Vote2016 Feb 2016 #28

New Hampshire voters make up their minds at the last minute Gothmog Feb 2016 #29

so they apparently changed the name of the article to spin it in her favor? New Earth Feb 2016 #31

So, delegate wise, they are now equal? trillion Feb 2016 #35

Hillary Won Iowa~History Made! Mahalo George! Cha Feb 2016 #33

Congrats. trillion Feb 2016 #34