A Tie in Iowa Is a Win for Hillary
By Peter Beinart
February 3, 2016
Iowa’s Democratic base is among the nation’s whitest and most liberal—but Clinton has a stronger edge almost everywhere else.
It sounds like laughable pro-Hillary spin but it’s true. For Hillary Clinton, a virtual tie in Iowa was an accomplishment.
That’s because, demographically, the Hawkeye State was her worst nightmare. Among the Democratic Party’s three major constituencies—racial minorities, white moderates, and white liberals—Hillary has always fared worst among the latter. In 2008, she lost voters in Iowa who described themselves as “very liberal” (almost all of whom were white) to Barack Obama by 24 points. Among self-described “moderates,” by contrast, she lost by only two points. This year, she lost “very liberal” Iowans to Bernie Sanders by 19 points. Among “moderates,” she beat him by 23 points.
The problem for Hillary is that in the Iowa Democratic Party, white liberals rule. Last summer, FiveThirtyEight created a chart of the states in which white liberals constituted the highest percentage of 2008 Democratic primary or caucus goers. Iowa came in third.
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... if he's struggling to remain competitive an ANY of them (and we've already seen the IA results) then it spells DOOM for his campaign to be the Democratic nominee.
I, for one, am exceedingly confident that Bernie will NOT be the nominee of our party.
Go, Hillary! 
And is the first woman to win in Iowa.
She did better in IA than Bill in 1992 and than she did in 2008. This is another first for Hillary, among many, and for women in general. NJ sends voters a paper ballot listing all the candidates who are running and the voting location (my ward keeps changing locations, it's maddening). I still have the one they sent in 2008. I was soooo proud to see her name among the others.
