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Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: !!!The Official Bernie Sanders Iowa Caucus Thread!!! [View all]warrprayer
(4,734 posts)119. This much excitement
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you know we got good kids um young voters when the hair color is a bit wicked
PatrynXX
Feb 2016
#331
It will start slow, then finish great. I love all the berners in the world right now.
roguevalley
Feb 2016
#138
Thank you, that is encouraging. I needed some perspective (never been through a primary before)
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#33
Yep I'm only 23, so this is my first shot at a primary. Been interested in politics for ages
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#49
It's not winner take all, so the fact that it will be close is a YUGE win for Bernie already.
cui bono
Feb 2016
#23
"reportedly CNN is reporting" -- Thanks, I needed a chuckle. Best of luck to us all tonight.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#29
High turnout means new voters. New voters means upstarts do better than establishment
Feeling the Bern
Feb 2016
#65
Des Moines turnout is HUGE! MSNBC reporting HUGE turnout North, South, East &West!
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#32
Coralville...HUGE DEM TURNOUT... astonishing numbers showing up! Their words, not mine...CNN
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#70
But but but she has Katy Perry and Demi Lovato! Don't you know that we young people are sheeple?
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#56
Sitting in my caucus site now - Hillary people totally outnumbered Bernie
bullwinkle428
Feb 2016
#61
The turnout bit sounds great, fingers crossed that it's spread out enough
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#87
Weird thing is, over at Daily Kos, the liveblog seems to be full of people who think all the good
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#96
MSNBC says it's a huge turnout and then promptly became the Trump network again.
Fawke Em
Feb 2016
#97
Man, if Bernie absolutely slaughters her in BOTH Iowa and New Hampshire, a lot of people are going
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#112
It is not incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition, because in reality those are not
tblue37
Feb 2016
#147
Remember what CoffeeCat said earlier, those first votes in are from red, rural HRC precincts.
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#131
This is gut wrenching. They are voting on our future and it feels like a friggen football game. nt
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#154
Yeah, it's depressing. I'm bracing myself for the worst and hoping to be pleasantly surprised. eom.
white_wolf
Feb 2016
#159
even if the final is that close, it's a win. She doesn't look inevitable to me
wordpix
Feb 2016
#228
yes. each block is a county with multiple precincts. as precincts report, the numbers change
magical thyme
Feb 2016
#220
also, the small rural precincts report first and tend to be more conservative
magical thyme
Feb 2016
#229
Iowa City, 6 delegates for Bernie, 0 for Hillary, didn't make the 15%? nt
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#206
It really irritated me to assume that the mom delegates would automatically
roguevalley
Feb 2016
#261
hopefully someone in his campaign knows exactly where and how many
questionseverything
Feb 2016
#632
Remember, those counties with colleges/universities will bring Bernie over the top..n/t
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#268
It looks as if MOM will suspend his campaign. Let's hope he sends his votes to Bernie per CNN...n/t
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#304
ABC is reporting many Bernie supporters left after 1st vote thinking count was over
tomm2thumbs
Feb 2016
#284
Iowa Starting Line Surprising flips out west: Sanders wins Harrison county with 55%
cal04
Feb 2016
#300
Could it be the college-town precincts are coming in right about now?
californiabernin
Feb 2016
#338
Exactly! John on Bernie Tv said they've had problems with it for the last 4 days! so they use it
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#359
With 75% of precincts reporting in the Democratic Iowa Caucus... Clinton 50.4% Sanders 49.0% O'Mall
cal04
Feb 2016
#345
I keep switching 'cause I don't care about Cruz/Trump. Poor Hill, what a night, eh?...n/t
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#355
You bet! 1% difference now, and they say that there are significant sites not yet fully
FailureToCommunicate
Feb 2016
#412
My pleasure! It was a blast talking with Iowa caucus goers on the phone tonight.
JudyM
Feb 2016
#481
Damn right it does, and that is what is most important right now! This is just round one! n/t
californiabernin
Feb 2016
#531
But wait, she already declared victory! (hmm, his could be a little, shall we say, awkward?)
californiabernin
Feb 2016
#551
Oh how I love it..Bernie will speak in a half hour and declare victory from CNN..
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#578
This is really pretty amazing. Congratulations to everyone for all the hard work!
fishwax
Feb 2016
#590
Maybe he stayed in to take votes from Hillary and then hand them over to Bernie?
passiveporcupine
Feb 2016
#625
Whatever the end result, it will put Bernie in a GREAT position going forward! n/t
californiabernin
Feb 2016
#605
I think we're down to the precincts that had crazy huge turnouts and started way
winter is coming
Feb 2016
#680
Won't be listening to a victory speech when the contest isn't even over yet. nt
retrowire
Feb 2016
#658
PULLLEAZE the thought of that makes me more nauseous than thinking of CRUZ! nt
LiberalElite
Feb 2016
#660
How awful of her campaign....the populous couties are still counting. What a disgrace.
ViseGrip
Feb 2016
#698
Hillary's self declared victory, followed by her speech, is nothing short of bizarre
merrily
Feb 2016
#678
election night Bush claimed victory and convince a good portion of the nation and media.
Gore1FL
Feb 2016
#800
I recall, but it worked out well for Bush for a lot of reasons that don't apply
merrily
Feb 2016
#802
I think there's a good chance she'll be declaring herself a democratic socialist tomorrow. (N/T)
Old Crow
Feb 2016
#707
Win, lose or draw, the big winner in Iowa tonight was Bernie Sanders. No question.
merrily
Feb 2016
#724
Rounded to nearest percentage point: It's 50%-50% with 6% of the precincts not reporting.
Old Crow
Feb 2016
#750
They were tied before that one delegate so Bernie should be up one I think?
bkkyosemite
Feb 2016
#782
Wish Jimmy Carter's election watchers were going to be monitoring this whole process . . .
snot
Feb 2016
#789