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littlemissmartypants

(22,839 posts) Tue Feb 4, 2020, 06:25 PM Feb 2020

Iowa Caucus Night Speech, Buttigieg

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Iowa Caucus Night Speech, Buttigieg (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 OP

Declare victory when the results are being held back Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #1

He was going on a leap of faith based on the numbers from his own ground game. littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 #3

Then we should be able to see all the data, not just the results Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #4

You will. Had we been at the caucus we would have seen it in real time. littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 #5

He never said he "won" Iowa. He said he considered it a victory. mobeau69 Feb 2020 #6

Kicking for Pete Buttigieg. democrank Feb 2020 #2

Progress_Dem

(96 posts)

1. Declare victory when the results are being held back

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 06:28 PM

Feb 2020

I don't recall a candidate for President ever doing this.

Somethings smells really rotten in Iowa.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

littlemissmartypants

(22,839 posts)

3. He was going on a leap of faith based on the numbers from his own ground game.

Reply to Progress_Dem (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 06:31 PM

Feb 2020

It's not like it was a secret ballot, after all. That's the beauty of the caucus, open data.

ETA: BBC NEWS Calling it for Buttigieg.

Go Pete!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Progress_Dem

(96 posts)

4. Then we should be able to see all the data, not just the results

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 06:36 PM

Feb 2020

Correct?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

littlemissmartypants

(22,839 posts)

5. You will. Had we been at the caucus we would have seen it in real time.

Reply to Progress_Dem (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 06:44 PM

Feb 2020

Now we have to wait for the final presentation. Pete's been called as the winner with 62% reporting. They, the numbers reporters, must be confident in that number or they wouldn’t be calling it for Pete.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

mobeau69

(11,163 posts)

6. He never said he "won" Iowa. He said he considered it a victory.

Reply to Progress_Dem (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 06:58 PM

Feb 2020

For a guy with no money, that nobody outside of South Bend ever heard until just a few months ago, it was!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

democrank

(11,112 posts)

2. Kicking for Pete Buttigieg.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 06:30 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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