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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 10:33 PM
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These numbers coming out of Iowa from CNN and MSNBC don't make any sense
CNN is showing something like 3000 votes on it channel and calling it 93% reporting, yet MSNBC is reporting...

"...The Iowa Democratic party says, "With 93.5 percent of the precincts reporting we are seeing record turnout with 218,000 caucus attendees."

<http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/>

or

<http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/03/546975.aspx>

How does any of this make sense? Those numbers just don't add up or do they?:shrug: :wtf:
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 10:34 PM
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1. Try this site
http://www.iowacaucusresults.com/
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TransitJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 10:34 PM
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2. The percentage
represents caucus goers..the "votes" represent delegates selected in this caucus.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 10:38 PM
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3. They do, kind of...
One Des Moines precinct had 3-hundred-and-something people at caucus, but they were allotted only 6 delegates. There are 1781 precincts.
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 10:43 PM
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4. Oh, O.K., That make more sense.
Still, I think I'll wait for the final numbers before I come to any conclusions.

OMG, Chuck Norris REALLY is at the Huckleberry rally!:spray:
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 10:48 PM
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5. Don't you mean knuckleberry?
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 10:50 PM
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6. 50 precincts left to report..
I'm curious about the "uncommited" votes... in at 0.13% so far.
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 10:51 PM
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7. It has to do with number of delegates at each precinct.
Each precinct does not have the same number of delegates..it's all based on turnout.
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