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[Hubbs]

Things are definitely getting interesting in America.

Hubbs, If you ever get to heading to or wanting to come to the US, hit me up.

Why? you're not wanting to lure me into some weird cult are you? If so then I'm totally up for it!

[Gate]

THE TRUMP HAS BEEN STUMPED AND IOWA IS FEELING THE BERN


EXCUSE ME WHILE I FILL MY FRIDGE WITH FIREBALL

[RagingDragon]

THE TRUMP HAS BEEN STUMPED AND IOWA IS FEELING THE BERN


EXCUSE ME WHILE I FILL MY FRIDGE WITH FIREBALL

I can't believe Sanders is actually tied (and technically losing by a tiny margin) with Hillary f**king Clinton.

What a joke. I certainly don't agree with Sanders bullshit, but he's a goddamned saint compared to Billary. How could anyone in their right mind vote for her? I expected the Bern to clean up.

I laughed pretty hard when Rubio said "we're worried that the first thing Hillary would do after being elected President is pardon herself" at the last debate.

America is doom.

[SpreadEagleBeagle]

THE TRUMP HAS BEEN STUMPED AND IOWA IS FEELING THE BERN


EXCUSE ME WHILE I FILL MY FRIDGE WITH FIREBALL

I can't believe Sanders is actually tied (and technically losing by a tiny margin) with Hillary f**king Clinton.

What a joke. I certainly don't agree with Sanders bullshit, but he's a goddamned saint compared to Billary. How could anyone in their right mind vote for her? I expected the Bern to clean up.

I laughed pretty hard when Rubio said "we're worried that the first thing Hillary would do after being elected President is pardon herself" at the last debate.

America is doom.

Doesn't this belong in the Political News thread?

[Gate]

THE TRUMP HAS BEEN STUMPED AND IOWA IS FEELING THE BERN


EXCUSE ME WHILE I FILL MY FRIDGE WITH FIREBALL

I can't believe Sanders is actually tied (and technically losing by a tiny margin) with Hillary f**king Clinton.

What a joke. I certainly don't agree with Sanders bullshit, but he's a goddamned saint compared to Billary. How could anyone in their right mind vote for her? I expected the Bern to clean up.

I laughed pretty hard when Rubio said "we're worried that the first thing Hillary would do after being elected President is pardon herself" at the last debate.

America is doom.

I'm going to force my socialism all over you.

[Hubbs]

But I just read Clinton has won?

How does this all work then?

[SpreadEagleBeagle]

But I just read Clinton has won?

How does this all work then?

No, she hasn't won yet... They're still counting and there is an uncertain backlog(?) that can turn the tide. However, 99.5% of the votes have been counted, and Clinton is in a 0.1 to 0.2 % lead, so yeah, she will probably win, but it's still too early and uncertain to tell.

[Hubbs]

But I just read Clinton has won?

How does this all work then?

No, she hasn't won yet... They're still counting and there is an uncertain backlog(?) that can turn the tide. However, 99.5% of the votes have been counted, and Clinton is in a 0.1 to 0.2 % lead, so yeah, she will probably win, but it's still too early and uncertain to tell.

OK, so can you explain how this works, how do you reach the final candidate? Why do certain States hold these polls? how does that work?

[Wrecktangle]

THE TRUMP HAS BEEN STUMPED AND IOWA IS FEELING THE BERN


EXCUSE ME WHILE I FILL MY FRIDGE WITH FIREBALL

I can't believe Sanders is actually tied (and technically losing by a tiny margin) with Hillary f**king Clinton.

What a joke. I certainly don't agree with Sanders bullshit, but he's a goddamned saint compared to Billary. How could anyone in their right mind vote for her? I expected the Bern to clean up.

I laughed pretty hard when Rubio said "we're worried that the first thing Hillary would do after being elected President is pardon herself" at the last debate.

America is doom.

Pretty poor candidates all around. What a joyous election season.

[SpreadEagleBeagle]

But I just read Clinton has won?

How does this all work then?

No, she hasn't won yet... They're still counting and there is an uncertain backlog(?) that can turn the tide. However, 99.5% of the votes have been counted, and Clinton is in a 0.1 to 0.2 % lead, so yeah, she will probably win, but it's still too early and uncertain to tell.

OK, so can you explain how this works, how do you reach the final candidate? I presume its who wins the most States in their demo/repub territory?

The Iowa Caucus is like a pre-election in a sense. It's a newish "tradition" intended to extend the race and shift the decision process of the final candidates to the voters, giving more room for less known candidates. The Iowa Caucus is the finale of the entire process, so to speak. Why Iowa? It's a small state that is easy to campaign in. It's like a training ground for the candidates and the population of Iowa kind of "simulates" the population of the U.S. Iowa is also one of the major swing states / battleground states.

But why Iowa? I really have no satisfactory answer to that.

[whiterabbit]

But I just read Clinton has won?

How does this all work then?

No, she hasn't won yet... They're still counting and there is an uncertain backlog(?) that can turn the tide. However, 99.5% of the votes have been counted, and Clinton is in a 0.1 to 0.2 % lead, so yeah, she will probably win, but it's still too early and uncertain to tell.

OK, so can you explain how this works, how do you reach the final candidate? I presume its who wins the most States in their demo/repub territory?

The Iowa Caucus is like a pre-election in a sense. It's a newish "tradition" intended to extend the race and shift the decision process of the final candidates to the voters, giving more room for less known candidates. The Iowa Caucus is the finale of the entire process, so to speak. Why Iowa? It's a small state that is easy to campaign in. It's like a training ground for the candidates and the population of Iowa kind of "simulates" the population of the U.S. Iowa is also one of the major swing states / battleground states.

But why Iowa? I really have no satisfactory answer to that.

The Iowa caucuses hasn't been relevant for a long time now. Most of America no longer think like Iowans.

It's being a small state could play a role but it's really the state that moved it's elections up the earliest. Nothing more, nothing less.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/29/politics/iowa-caucuses-explainer/index.html

There's a good description of just what an Iowa Caucus(es) is. You don't just show up to cast a vote.

[Hubbs]

Does this happen in every State or just a selection?

[whiterabbit]

Does this happen in every State or just a selection?

No, most states have a traditional primary election system. You show up, select your party and vote for candidates from that party by ballot. Be it mail in absentee, early walk in or traditional walk in on election day. However the parties themselves usually dish out electorates via party caucuses. Most states have a simple method however; who ever wins gets all of the caucus electorates. A few do divvy them up by percentages of the vote cast though. So for example if one candidate gets 70% and another gets 30% and they're 10 electorates it's a 7/3 split. I think they're only a few states that have a really convoluted system like that. That also might only pertain to Republican Caucuses though I think one state does that for every party.

Also caucuses tend to heavily skew towards one person in a type of pack mentality. How to explain this... I guess when you have a group of people debating, who ever makes the best case tends to get most everyone at the party to vote for their guy. Almost as if people just want to be courteous but come election day the will always vote for the person they intended to. Which is why many people don't give much weight to these early numbers.

[Whiskeybrewer]

http://news.yahoo.com/british-woman-took-toddler-join-131722742.html

Just hire a babysitter...sheesh...

What next suicide babys.

Sounds like a Punk band tbf

[SpreadEagleBeagle]

Nicely explained, WhiteRabbit! You really went into detail, not as wushu-washy as mine.