- On day 3 after the Democrat caucuses they still do not know the score
- Reports are trickling in — could it be the Democrat propensity to cheat/ keep counting until desired result achieved?
- Bernie seems to be getting screwed again
- Other theories offered
IOWA DEMOCRAT CAUCUS GUIDE FOUND
Beth Baumann at Townhall reports: (bold our emphasis)
Results Continue to Come in From the Iowa Caucuses But the Math Doesn’t Seem to Add Up
Results from Monday night’s caucuses in Iowa are still coming in. As of now, 92 percent of precincts are reporting and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg is currently in the lead, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in a close second.
Many of us have wondered what the hold up is and why the math is taking so long to calculate who came out victorious.
According to Lulu Friesdat, the founder of SMART Elections and a writer for The Hill, it looks as though there are rounding errors in the precinct math worksheets.
Thread. We found #RoundingErrors in 30% of the precinct math worksheets that we examined from the #IowaCaucus. Each “rounding error” gave one extra delegate to a candidate, over 50% of the time the extra delegate went to Pete Buttigieg.
The #RoundingErrors could lead to a significant number of delegates. They were in 30% of the precincts we examined. If 30% of 1678 precincts have an extra delegate assigned this way, it could be approximately 500 delegates. Buttigieg is currently leading Sanders by 18 delegates
The #RoundingErrors were discovered by Teresa Basey a member of the #SMARTelections #CountTheVote team.
We were only able to see a small sample of caucus math worksheets. We would like to see more.
If you have photos of more worksheets plz send them to us at [email protected]. Look and see if there are #RoundingErrors & post them with that hashtag.https:
“When Awarding Delegates, Decimals of .5 and greater are rounded up and decimals less than .5 are rounded down to the nearest whole number,” the sheets instructions say. That’s pretty straight forward math.
But here’s where things get tricky. A rule in the Iowa Democratic Party’s Precinct Leader Manual says that if the number of viable delegates is higher than the number calculated based on those who voted and the candidates still in the race, an extra delegate is given out. That extra delegate is given to the candidate with the highest decimal below .5. If there is a tie then a coin toss takes place for that extra delegate.
I tried to contact the IDP all day for an explanation. They’re not answering the phone & the caucus guide is not available. I’ll update our site w/ this info, but the math is problematic. Extra delegates are there because you’re dividing by total caucus members, not final voters.
She did, however, point out one interesting fact: the delegate calculation is based on the original number of voters, not the final round. That means people are being counted for votes even when they’re not voting when their candidate is no longer considered viable.
We note that based on numbers this caucus and from the one four years previous, confirms one thing – the rank and file activists of the party are largely comm-simps. Bernie Sanders people have been at least half of the attendees in both caucuses — and the rest if the wannabee nominees have tried to convince people they are like him.
Other theories about the Democrat caucus count problem:
That the caucuses were often held in schools explains the attendees demeanor of being demanding and disruptive without result
Attendees wanted more sex education rather than to “do math”
The issuance of crayons as marking devices in order to make attendees feel at home was a mistake as they are notably edible
