2020 Iowa Democratic Caucus

[Alonzo]

The Democratic establishment (buttressed by the MSM) are hellbent on making sure that Sanders is not the nominee. The fact of the matter is that Bernie won the most votes, and both he and Buttigieg would be getting the same number of delegates at the national convention. Ranking by using the SDEs was an irrelevant intermediate step that was only informative because the raw vote wasn't yet reported. But the MSM took that opportunity to crown the MFer in second place the winner, in order to boost his campaign (because he is polling in single digits in every other major caucus).

Primaries, not caucuses. Popular vote, not electoral college. Paper ballots. Statehood and representation for DC and territories. I'm done with anti democratic systems.

[Santa Claus]

Sanders supporters should face up to the fact that nothing comes for free - everything has a cost.

[FreelancePoliceman]

The Democratic establishment (buttressed by the MSM) are hellbent on making sure that Sanders is not the nominee. The fact of the matter is that Bernie won the most votes, and both he and Buttigieg would be getting the same number of delegates at the national convention. Ranking by using the SDEs was an irrelevant intermediate step that was only informative because the raw vote wasn't yet reported. But the MSM took that opportunity to crown the MFer in second place the winner, in order to boost his campaign (because he is polling in single digits in every other major caucus).

Primaries, not caucuses. Popular vote, not electoral college. Paper ballots. Statehood and representation for DC and territories. I'm done with anti democratic systems.

Yeah, Buttigieg sank almost everything he had into Iowa. That he struggled so much to “win” in his own state is a bad sign for him. That said, I’m not sure he ever had that much hope for winning; instead perhaps he hoped to gain name recognition and use it to get political leverage on a smaller scale.