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15. Apples and oranges, the Iowa caucus isn't the

Thu Feb 6, 2020, 03:58 PM

Feb 2020

the equivalent of the electoral college despite blatant corporate media conglomerate attempts at painting it as such.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Sanders Declares Victory In Iowa [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2020 OP

Whatever. krissey Feb 2020 #1

Trump declared victory today, too. murielm99 Feb 2020 #2

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 2020 #5

laughing Lulu KC Feb 2020 #8

Of course he did. MineralMan Feb 2020 #3

It is safe to say he won if he won the popular vote by 6000 votes Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #6

Too late. We already know he's not the winner. nt R B Garr Feb 2020 #7

I think it is completely fair Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #9

President Clinton agrees with you nt sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #10

Watch out Bernie, the DNC is coming hunting for votes! Baclava Feb 2020 #11

Can I say someone else got the most popular votes Watchfoxheadexplodes Feb 2020 #12

He's correct to. He clearly got more votes. DanTex Feb 2020 #13

"Sanders said he was claiming victory based on the popular vote in Iowa." left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #14

Apples and oranges, the Iowa caucus isn't the Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #15

And yet the popular vote doesn't matter at all in Iowa either nt sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #16

Keep telling yourself that sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #21

The delegate allocation method that the IDC and DNC used this year Blue_true Feb 2020 #23

Sure left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #22

I've been super busy. Is there a definitive answer on the IA caucus? aikoaiko Feb 2020 #17