petebrown
petebrown
One imagines that the Iowa caucuses have pretty much always been this much of a mess, but we just never got to see the details before: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Associated Press said Thursday that it is unable to declare a winner of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses. With 97% of precinc... explodingcomma.com
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Bruce
Bruce

@petebrown One doesn’t even really have to imagine that hard—in 2012, it took the Iowa Republican Party three weeks to declare a winner.

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pratik
pratik

@Bruce @petebrown Hopefully this means the end of caucuses. And also Iowa going first especially for Dems. It's neither representative of the party nor a reliable Dem state.

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Bruce
Bruce

@pratik Given that Bernie was one of the voices for keeping the caucus, I think there’s a decent shot for it going away.

I don’t necessarily have a problem with Iowa going early—starting with a large state would make money even more important. But rotating groups of smaller states that together are representative of the country would be a far better method. (Iowa + New Hampshire + Nevada + South Carolina aren’t a terrible mix—the problem is the overwhelming focus on the first two).

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