Your next 2020 Democratic presidential primary thread: Now we're serious

xp more like new york CRIMES

we had new cards where once you’re locked into your groups and are positive who you support, you fill out side one. if your candidate isn’t viable (15%) you fill out side two

a handful of people had to be called up because they filled out both sides for no reason and those cards were deemed invalid. ok, rules, whatever.

I think they’re holding off and reporting everything at once, which is not what makes good tv or live reporting

high turnout, yes

will sanders win?!? perhaps
will biden win?! perhaps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUVT1NZtZPo

but could warren win?? i mean there is some chance, sure

Where can i get good real time results in real time, as it’s happening, in real time?

you mean get them right now

u cd become iowa

or right now?!

mh did you also caucus last time?

No one knows shit.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2020/02/03/iowa-caucus-amy-klobuchar-bests-elizabeth-warren-one-site-via-coin-toss/4652075002/

this one's for u karl

yes

no results for you treeship!! not unless we report them to you manually

https://www.thecaucuses.org/

there you go guys

My raw data:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtSbedMeF6s

thats...a shitload of zeros

xp

It just feels like it’s bernie’s night.

You know what's great? Paper ballots.

nah this is weird

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2020/02/03/iowa-caucus-amy-klobuchar-bests-elizabeth-warren-one-site-via-coin-toss/4652075002/

this one's for u karl

― j., Monday, February 3, 2020 9:41 PM (two minutes ago)

it is true, i love to let fate decide!

You know what's great? Paper ballots.

can't flip paper ballots

there you go guys

An unexpected error has occurred.

i’m going to bed see you chumps tomorrow

so here’s the deal: four years ago, I stayed to the end and in a large district it took us until around 9:15

this time around, nearly every district has *more voters* and there is more paperwork

so every precinct is taking at least two hours to finish

there is nothing fishy, it’s just a process that takes over two hours with this many people

maybe with more viable candidates it makes everything take longer too?

nobody on CNN knows what they’re talking about lol

yuuup

I mean, all of these are reasons why the caucuses are nuts but the news anchors are definitely making this all about them

i get that the whole delayed results thing is annoying but now cnn/wolf is trying to make it into a scandal which reflects very poorly on the iowa democratic party. that's it everyone, we can't count things and mobile apps aren't working, things are bleak, take your ball and go home

Why are you watching television

I’m watching for the humor

the CNN anchor who is also bad at technology complaining about technology as he attempts to scroll a touchscreen to show that the numbers of all candidates are indeed at 0% is poetry

Ban Iowa

MORE: Polk County precinct chairs are being advised to take pictures of the results and text them over to the Polk County executive director, who is driving them to the HQ, according to a Democratic operative familiar with the situation

— Elena Schneider (@ec_schneider) February 4, 2020

the CNN anchor who is also bad at technology complaining about technology as he attempts to scroll a touchscreen to show that the numbers of all candidates are indeed at 0% is poetry

i was loling at this as well. i'm watching it on mute, but very satisfying to watch john king zoom into des moines county to reveal 0% for everything, then zooming back out to show the whole state at 0%, all the while maintaining a very serious look

btw, look at the counties in iowa!

https://i.imgur.com/umQgyKw.png

Nothing will ever bring me the joy I experienced at seeing Anderson Cooper struggle with the magic pie chart 12(?) years ago or so, so I don’t watch returns anymore. Also no cable.

trying to make it into a scandal

the scandal being that expensive and self-important news networks are not having their urgent desires for content fulfilled smoothly and rapidly, so that well-paid news anchors are forced to fulminate impotently while their graphical toys refuse to perform their tricks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6CTyOWTcCA

Fond memories

i assume each iowa county is named for the kernel of corn they represent

Apparently the app is a Robby Mook innovation.

Karl, thank you for appreciating our 99 counties. I could name them all in fifth grade, but have since lost this knowledge.

Updated statement from @iowademocrats on results pic.twitter.com/RAwOyXpc8H

— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) February 4, 2020

Photos of results

yeah, those iowa counties are very pretty.

So the formula to apportion delegates is the total numbers after 2nd alignment x (the total number of delegates) / (the total of people at the caucus).

So these 2nd alignment numbers x 6 / 285

Sanders: 2.44
Warren: 1.72
Buttigieg: 1.53

That rounds out to two delegates each. pic.twitter.com/00QkeQ9nS1

— Shawn Sebastian 🐺🐴 (@shawnsebastian) February 4, 2020

left twitter is predictably mad about this... but it seems about as equitable as you can get in this stupid system.

Karl, thank you for appreciating our 99 counties.

hey, you betcha. i was born in one of those counties, in des moines. but not des moines county, that's not where des moines is. des moines is in polk county, near the middle - no, not that one, it's the rectangular one, no, below that, no, it's another kind of rectangle, not that one, if you actually start in the lower-left corner and count 4 up, then 6 bootheeled counties over to the right...oooh yeah. that's the goddamned capital

Good lord, I'd never watched any of Biden's speeches of late and that was pretty bad.

"we believe science over fiction!"

oof

which hospital, Karl? :)

uhh my friend’s wife is heading in to hand count the paper ballots at iowa democratic party hq

wait, two delegates each?