Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumDoors are closed in the Iowa caucuses. Here are the early leaders.
CNNHere's what happens now: Neighbors will hear messages from the state party chair, local officials and possibly campaign representatives. They will then show their first preference for president.
Voters will split up into different sections of the room dedicated to their presidential candidate of choice. Typically, a candidate needs 15% of the vote to remain viable, as determined by the amount of people participating in the precinct location. Smaller locations may have different viability thresholds.
After that: If a candidate is not viable, their voters can realign to another viable candidate or join together to create a group in support of another candidate that meets the threshold.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I would guess is that if 8:30 comes and they are silent, then things aren't going well for them.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Amishman
(5,559 posts)A head count at over a thousand sites is damn hard to coordinate even for the running it
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)call in the numbers for the first round. If those numbers were good for Sanders, his campaign would declare victory to cause some people to not stay for the second round and move to other candidates besides Sanders.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
maynard
(657 posts)Too time consuming. I did it once and I won't ever do it again. There needs to be a better way. I went to the precinct caucus. That was good because Hillary showed up outside and I got some great pictures. Again, too many people who did not know what they were doing because it is only done every 4 years. Time consuming. By default, I was able to go to the county caucus...on a different day. Too many people who did not know what they were doing. People were impatient and tried to take over. Only one vendor selling food. Line was long and they ran out of food. A lot of people left. People were passionate about their candidates and tempers flared. One whole day of my life that I was never going to get back. Time to go back to primaries. One person, one vote. done and recorded.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided