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wyldwolf

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9. How about we forget Iowa and their system NEXT cycle?
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 08:32 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Thank you for posting this, my dear wyldwolf. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2020 #1
The SDEs are too close to call. And that is the metric the press is using to call it. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #2
False. Everyone is reporting delegates. 14-12. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #12
Yes, Congratulations to Pete who Won Iowa! Cha Feb 2020 #3
All caps doesn't change the vote totals. DanTex Feb 2020 #4
The primary is decided by delegates not the popular vote over all states Hav Feb 2020 #5
Who won is not up for debate. It's Buttigieg. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #13
The winner is Bernie, the candidate with the most votes. DanTex Feb 2020 #14
Caucus states award delegates. Primaries count popular votes. Iowa is a Caucus. Pete won the emulatorloo Feb 2020 #17
No, the people who understand the process are going to know that Pete won. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #19
Telling people who believe in democracy they don't "have a clue" is a bad strategy. DanTex Feb 2020 #21
Oh, it's a lie. Don't kid yourself. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #22
That depends on whether people think delegate totals or popular vote totals are more significant. DanTex Feb 2020 #24
Keep spinning. Fact is Bernie gambled on caucuses and it didn't pay off this time. emulatorloo Feb 2020 #23
Not sure about "gambled" but after the Iowa victory he shot up to the lead both DanTex Feb 2020 #25
Study the Democratic unity commission. Bernie's reps insisted on preserving Caucuses emulatorloo Feb 2020 #26
Keep moving those goal posts radical noodle Feb 2020 #28
actually many times the Presidential primary (and yes I typed that right) doesn't work that way dsc Feb 2020 #18
I say Rebl2 Feb 2020 #6
How about we forget Iowa and their system NEXT cycle? wyldwolf Feb 2020 #9
Thank you. William769 Feb 2020 #7
Yea Pete. 3rd on my list and still, yea Pete. Take NH. krissey Feb 2020 #8
ABB wyldwolf Feb 2020 #10
Yep yep yep. Lol. This should be the chant of the base. Yep. krissey Feb 2020 #11
Agree!! aeromanKC Feb 2020 #27
K&R sheshe2 Feb 2020 #15
Mayor Pete won delegates but Bernie won votes. ConorDem Feb 2020 #16
Caucus victories are won by who gets the most delegates. Primaries are won by the popular votes. emulatorloo Feb 2020 #20
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