Bernie Sanders won Meskwaki precinct

[Mike__M]

There's a lesson here:

"Bernie Sanders won Democratic precinct on Meskwaki Reservation"

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton eked out a narrow win in the caucuses in Iowa on Monday night but Indian voters on one reservation showed a lot more support to rival Bernie Sanders.

According to the results from the Democratic party, the Senator from Vermont won a whopping 83.3 percent of the vote at the Indian Settlement precinct in Tama County. Members of the Meskwaki Tribe caucused at their tribal center and only gave 16.7 percent of their votes to Clinton, a former Secretary of State and a former Senator from New York.

Sanders was the only one who went there in person. He discussed the economy, education, Native veterans and other issues at the tribal center on September 4, 2015.

Despite the strong showing for Sanders on the reservation, the rest of Tama County went for Clinton. She won 52.9 percent of the vote, compared to 47.1 percent for Sanders. Overall, Clinton won the state by just 0.2 percentage points, according to the results.

As for the Republicans, the party did not put up a precinct on the reservation this year. No one attended the GOP caucus when it was held at the tribal center in January 2012, Mark Trahant reported, citing The New York Times.

Those Republicans...LOL

http://www.indianz.com/News/2016/020265.asp

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This is interesting news. It's the kind of reporting you don't often see. Thanks, Mike__M!

Bernie pays attention to those on the margins of society--not the 1%.

He sees their issues and problems.

No wonder they voted for him. He cares about them....and that's what Bernie is all about.

[bluedigger]

2. Good for them!

And it is a Settlement, not a reservation. The Meskwaki bought their own land in 1857.

[SoapBox]

3. I remember when he went there.

[Betty Karlson]

5. You were there too?

[Nyan]

4. Thanks for the news. It's a nice story.

This reminds me, I was really impressed when Bernie visited where Freddie Gray has died; He's the only candidate who bothered to show up. That's gotta mean something.

[Feeling the Bern]

6. And that makes me think of this