Iowa Caucus Final Results

notorious · January 4, 2008 03:23 AM

dam it was pretty nic there were like 600 people there but yeah i was there just watchin it happen in our precinct these are how the delegates turned out

Obama - 6 (delegates)
Edwards - 3

We had a total of 9 delegates, only Edwards and Obama got any (for the democratic side)

FINAL POLL RESULTS
Democrat:

barack obama 38%
edwards 30%
Clinton 29%
(The rest are insignificant)

Republican:
Huckabee 34% (yowch)
Romney 25%
McCain 13%

I'll continue to update these as the results come in!! I'll just edit this post

jebxz · January 4, 2008 03:24 AM

thats bodacious bro!

rtil · January 4, 2008 03:26 AM

i find it ironic that iowa's #1 issue is immigration but they voted for mike huckabee.

notorious · January 4, 2008 03:33 AM

Quote from: rtili find it ironic that iowa's #1 issue is immigration but they voted for mike huckabee.

yeah my mom is pretty much freaking out about it

P.S. Ron Paul 10%

rtil · January 4, 2008 03:34 AM

yes i know there are about five bajillion polls updating live

notorious · January 4, 2008 04:21 AM

dam Edwards and Obama both gave pretty good speeches but Obama went in circles a lot

Huckabee gave a really cliche speech that didn't really say anything new

rtil · January 4, 2008 05:09 AM

if huckabee is nominated, he will be destroyed. democrats call him the glass jaw of the GOP, and i don't blame them. from supporting the fair tax to bombing iran, the guy is a psychopath

W.A.C. · January 4, 2008 05:28 AM

I really liked Edwards' and Obama's speeches. Hilary's speech was no where near as good as their speeches. I didn't care for Huckabee's speech very much. I do admit that if I knew nothing about him, he would seem like a nice person just by judging that speech. As for Romney, fuck him. If Romney won the election, this country would be fucked. Huckabee would screw this country up badly as well but Romney is even worse. On that political match game, Romney was last place for me. I hate that asshole.

The results for the underdogs were very very bad. I was especially disappointed by Kucinich's results. They were laughably awful. -_- I was surprised to see that Joe Biden and Chris Dodd left the race. I hope Kucinich doesn't leave the race. If Kucinich leaves the race, I'm going to be seriously disappointed. Maybe he would be Obama's vice president if he loses the election.

Edit-

Huckabee supported bombing Iran? Fucking piece of shit.

Nadroj0711 · January 4, 2008 05:47 AM

Quote from: notoriousFINAL POLL RESULTS
Democrat:

barack obama 38%
edwards 30%
Clinton 29%
(The rest are insignificant)

Republican:
Huckabee 34% (yowch)
Romney 25%
McCain 13%

sadness

Quote from: W.A.C.Huckabee supported bombing Iran? Fucking piece of shit.

he also thinks we should stay in iraq and even bring more troops to the middle east region

W.A.C. · January 4, 2008 06:16 AM

The more I know about Huckabee, the more I dislike him. If either Romney or Huckabee wins the Republican primaries, I seriously hope some of you consider voting for whichever Democrat wins the Democratic primaries.

Nadroj0711 · January 4, 2008 06:25 AM

okay here and now I'm going to make a prediction
and i sure hope it doesn't come true
my prediction is that the president will end up being huckabee, clinton, thompson, or romney

rtil · January 4, 2008 06:55 AM

bottom line - if huckabee or romney win the nomination, our next president will be a democrat

only john mccain and ron paul are electable. giuliani doesn't stand a chance because he doesn't care, fred thompson has stated several times that he does not even want to be the president - and if he pulls out he will back mccain. and duncan hunter, well, with 0.5% in iowa it's safe to say his campaign is over.

i like kucinich but with the way the democrat's system works he'll never get any delegates. it takes a massively huge and well organized campaign to get delegates.

it's also too late for over half the states in the nation to sign up as a delegate

Nadroj0711 · January 4, 2008 06:57 AM

i've never voted before, how does it work?
i mean, i have three i like
do i have to just pick one and go or what

rtil · January 4, 2008 07:41 AM

it's not as simple as you would think

first, you need to register to vote. find your state's official website (the one you have an official residence in), and they should have the documents. you mail it in to your capitol city, and they send you a voter's registration card about a month later

then, you need to find out whether your state has open or closed primaries. chances are, you have closed primaries. this means you need to register with either the democratic or republican party to participate. you cannot change your party after an affiliation deadline. you cannot vote for the opposite party if you are registered with the other one. over 30 states use this undemocratic method of voting

then, you need to find out when your state holds its primary and caucuses. they are typically on the same day.

a caucus is where delegates are chosen for a precinct in your county. delegates represent your candidate. they then can go on to the state rep, and then the national rep. i am not sure what their significance is for the GOP, but i do know that if you have more delegates, you have more people with power and influence to spread your candidate's name. you can register to be a delegate but there is a deadline. most people often miss it. you can still elect delegates at the caucus or influence the head delegate to represent your candidate. for example, if delegate is for candidate A, but 20 people show up at the caucus for candidate B, the delegate will often be swayed to support candidate B due to the majority vote

a primary is where you show up and vote. for the democrats, this is where delegates come into play. the GOP simply counts votes, which i think is much smarter and more democratic

caucuses and primaries are typically held at schools, churches and hospitals. it is very easy today to find your precinct online and find out where you are supposed to show up on primary and caucus day.

W.A.C. · January 4, 2008 07:58 AM

I sent in a registration form around 3 weeks ago to be registered as "undeclared" in California. I don't have my voter's registration card yet but I assume I'll get it soon. The only reason I didn't register as a Democrat is because I was clueless on who I wanted to vote for. The only Republican running for president I would ever consider voting for is Ron Paul and even then, I disagree with a lot of his policies.

I have hope for Kucinich and I'll probably vote for him however, I doubt he'll win the election. During the presidential election, if a Democrat wins the popular vote but not most of the electoral votes, I'll be devastated. I so want a Democrat to win. I'm probably more liberal than most Americans.

Necronomitr0n · January 4, 2008 08:49 AM

Nuke the middle East and call it good

ZekeySpaceyLizard · January 4, 2008 12:13 PM

your candidates this year are

mindless white liar in a suit

mindless black liar in a suit

mindless female white liar in a suit

CHOOSE WISELY. THE OUTCOME IS VERY IMPORTANT.

psi43 · January 4, 2008 05:36 PM

America is for homos.

Nadroj0711 · January 4, 2008 05:38 PM

nice name change

Nadroj0711 · January 4, 2008 05:44 PM

Quote from: rtilthen, you need to find out whether your state has open or closed primaries. chances are, you have closed primaries. this means you need to register with either the democratic or republican party to participate. you cannot change your party after an affiliation deadline. you cannot vote for the opposite party if you are registered with the other one. over 30 states use this undemocratic method of voting

it appears that in texas i don't have to register with a party