Why ‘Virtual Tie’ in Iowa Is Better for Clinton Than Sanders
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Bernie Sanders is right: The Iowa Democratic caucuses were a “virtual tie,” especially after you consider that the results aren’t even actual vote tallies, but state delegate equivalents subject to all kinds of messy rounding rules and potential geographic biases.
The official tally, for now, is Hillary Clinton at 49.9 percent, and Mr. Sanders at 49.6 percent with 97 percent of precincts reporting early Tuesday morning.
But in the end, a virtual tie in Iowa is an acceptable, if not ideal, result for Mrs. Clinton and an ominous one for Mr. Sanders. He failed to win a state tailor made to his strengths.
He fares best among white voters. The electorate was 91 percent white, per the entrance polls. He does well with less affluent voters. The caucus electorate was far less affluent than the national primary electorate in 2008. He’s heavily dependent on turnout from young voters, and he had months to build a robust field operation. As the primaries quickly unfold, he won’t have that luxury.
More~ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/upshot/how-the-virtual-tie-in-iowa-helps-hillary-clinton.html
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I know the feeling.. hard to tear ourselves away from such a Sweet Hard Fought Victory, she!
They threw everything at her and she remained strong and confident with dignity.. and Hillary Won Iowa!! 
They can claim she has "no momentum from Iowa.." and they can hang on to that.. but..
As Bravenak says.. "History is Made.. Iowa goes Clinton for the first time ever!! It goes to a WOMAN for the first time ever!! History MADE!!"
That's Hillary's MOMENTUM.. Booom!
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Mahalo 
A 'political revolution' of the epic proportions Senator Sanders (I-VT) required to begin in Iowa cannot be a 'virtual tie.'
Yeah, yeah - the misery will continue for a few more weeks, but the deck is stacked against an independent upsetting the presumptive Democrat in our Democratic Primaries!
So corporate M$M (it's a contest! - for advertising dollars), Republicans (see what the Benghazi Committee is doing to Hillary?), independents, leftwing liberals, socialist-leaning parties, Hillary Haters -- bring it on!
You know who is still standing? 
John Haltiwanger
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Fun fact: Iowa is 92.1 percent white. Not exactly representative of the US. #IowaCaucus
4:36 PM - 1 Feb 2016 · Brooklyn,
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Ari Melber
Oh, and this..
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Brightest news for Clinton tonight:
People who identify as Dems backed her by 17 points -- Sanders made up the gap with Independents.
7:32 PM - 1 Feb 2016
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Ari Melber
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And Clinton beat Sanders among union households by 9 points, undercutting some conventional wisdom.
7:38 PM - 1 Feb 2016
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SEIU
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@HillaryClinton won this close, hard battle with strong SEIU ground support & turn out! #ImWithHer #SEIUForHillary https://twitter.com/AriMelber/status/694394551327391744 …
4:05 AM - 2 Feb 2016
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