CAUCUSING FOR BERNIE AT ONE OF THE IOWA DEMOCRAT SATELLITE SITES
TRUMP GOT NO CREDIT FOR TRYING TO BE HELPFUL AFTER NANCY LOST THEM
OMG TRUMP JUST MADE DEMOCRATS ATTEND RUSH MEDAL OF FREEDOM AWARD
Thanks to HP who had previously posting several of these
NYT reports “inconsistencies”Via Breitbart:
Bernie Sanders Declares Iowa Victory as Caucus Results Remain Uncertain
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) claimed an Iowa victory three days after the election, despite official caucus results remaining up in the air.
With 97 percent of precincts reporting, Sanders and Pete Buttigieg (D) are neck and neck; Buttigieg maintains an edge in the delegate count, but Sanders leads in the popular vote.
Despite the lack of official results, Sanders is proclaiming victory.
“What I want to do today, three days late, is to thank the people of Iowa for the very strong victory they gave us at the Iowa caucuses on Monday night,” Sanders said at his campaign headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Thursday.
“When 6,000 more people come out for you in an election than your nearest opponent, we here in northern New England call that a victory,” he continued.
According to the most recent results, Sanders leads in the popular vote with 26.5 percent to Buttigieg’s 25 percent, but he trails his challenger by 0.1 percent in the delegate count:
So: With 97% of vote counted, Iowa caucus results are:
Sanders 44,753 26.5%
Buttigieg 42,235 25.0%
Warren 34,312 20.3%
Biden 23,051 13.7%
If no big changes in last 3 percent of vote, bottom line: Sanders won, Buttigieg did well, Warren OK, Biden bad, bad, bad. pic.twitter.com/lNNoj7KQ9T
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 6, 2020
Sanders eased concerns about his challenger holding the edge in the delegate count, calling it “meaningless” because “he and Buttigieg were both likely to receive the same number of national delegates,” the Washington Post reported.
“Those national delegates, not the state delegates, are the ones that really matter in the nominating process,” Sanders said.
“That screw-up has been extremely unfair to the people of Iowa. It has been unfair to the candidates —all of the candidates —and all of their supporters,” the socialist senator added.
Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Tom Perez broke his silence on Thursday, calling for state officials to recanvass the Iowa caucus vote.
“Enough is enough,” he wrote. “In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass.”
Iowa Democrats released a statement in response to Perez’s demand, writing, in part, “Should any presidential campaign in compliance with the Iowa Delegate Selection Plan request a recanvass, the IDP is prepared”:
New statement from the @iowademocrats responding to @TomPerez. It seems to be pushing back on the idea that Perez can even request the recanvass. “Should any presidential campaign in compliance with the Iowa Delegate Selection Plan request a recanvass, the IDP is prepared.” pic.twitter.com/jVDlQXs5oJ
Wow! What A Horse Race! Who’s the More Contemptible, Nancy the Ripper, or Mittens, the Mournful Mormon?
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 contact@smartelections.us. 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
Remember just a few weeks ago her saying:
“And as a Catholic, I resent your using the word ‘hate’ in a sentence that addresses me. I don’t hate anyone. I was raised in a way that is a heart full of love and always pray for the president. And I still pray for the president. I pray for the president all the time,” she said.
After dissing President Trump in the traditional introduction as Speaker, Pelosi pulled this camera stunt. In an interview afterwords, she told the press ~~ it was the best alternative (to what she might do with it).
Trump never mentioned impeachment in the SOTO address. dlh
Now two days after the event, when all the contenders have left for New Hampshire – who is going to care by the time the Democrats find enough cypherers to count the results and release the totals?
From preliminary information that we have read Comm-Simp Sanders probably won the actually vote tally in spite of Buttigieg‘s quick claim to overall victory.
The Dems Iowa caucus system requires thresholds and a process of realigning allowing some candidates to be “viable” going forward into the caucus evening by having supporters of lesser candidates not meeting the threshold “aligning” with a different one to make that one viable or as a matter of next best preference.
During the initial vote tallying numbers are reported and once it is all finished final numbers indicating delegate strength to the ongoing conventions and ultimate nomination, are released.
Regrettably for the Democrat owned and operated public education system in Iowa, not enough people were present to understand directions, count accurately, and initiate the (we presume) back-up plan of phoning in the results by voice. A big part of the delay, only aggravated by revelations, might be that the candidate representatives responsible for verifying and reporting the results, actually distrust one another, so it becomes a cat-hurd process.
Too bad. This is two times in a row for Dems here screwing up, or screwing the presidential nomination process. They might have blown it at least for Democrats recognizing and Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status.
One interesting aspect is that delegate strength only roughly corresponds to supporters in attendance. We note some preliminary figures indicated that some candidates had significant higher percentages of supporters at the caucuses than indicated by percentage of delegate strength awarded. Given that much of the Democrat Party says the Electoral College must go in favor of pure democracy in action, Buttigieg one candidate in particular, isn’t it ironic that he claims “victory” based on delegate estimates rather than having more people present than Bernie. Isn’t it also ironic that a party so devoted to pure democracy maintains a non-democratic system for its own affairs.
Bernie, they are screwing you again. But don’t be too stressed. They will still produce a socialist, even if not in name.
Republican caucuses in Scott County
Our participation in our own Republican precinct caucus was gratifying. We have experienced just about every such caucus since they started, chairing several including this one. Attendance was more than expected, twice as much as I expected. It was because of the desire to turn out for Trump even though there was little opposition The system went smoothly including the requirement for photo ID’s. The attendees all stayed for the duration which included producing 20 platform recommendations in our precinct. Ear-to-the-ground reports that came our way included similar descriptions, although at least one precincts reported that opportunity for platform input was subverted.
Trump received 97+% of the votes at the caucuses in spite of a libertarian candidate or two being announced and plenty of Never-Trump media.
*thanks to TN for forwarding graphic. **”sanding the rails“, for you youngsters, refers to placing sand on the rails for locomotive traction
Your legacy is set but a new chapter is being added. We pray it involves your recovery.
Stilton Jarlsberg has a great tribute that matches so many people’s experience with Rush. From Stilton’s Place
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| The one and only. A magnificent patriot and an inspiration to millions. |
On Monday’s broadcast, RUSH LIMBAUGH shared the news that he has been diagnosed with late stage lung cancer. We’re still in shock and more than a little disoriented. This isn’t how the world is supposed to work.
More than ever, we desperately need Rush’s clarity of thought, keen analytical abilities, unsurpassed ability as a communicator, his wonderful sense of humor, and the calming influence of his optimism and positivity. His accomplishments and his ongoing importance cannot be overstated.
Rush Limbaugh, through his radio presence, was our personal conduit into the world of Conservative thought. When he first appeared in the Dallas radio market, we heard that he was a whack job and raving wild man of the airwaves. And so we tuned in, expecting an enjoyable freak show. We couldn’t have been more wrong.
What we heard on Rush’s show was sanity and perspectives we’d never thought about previously. In fact, it was Limbaugh who made us realize that we hadn’t really been thinking at all when it came to politics, just acting on feelings and untrue stereotypes. Which is one of the reasons why, years later, we’re still blogging to do penance for the many Democrats we voted for when we were young and stupid.
In our home, Rush Limbaugh has become a friend and companion. A constant over the years, and someone who we knew could both enlighten us and simultaneously lighten our burdens.
Rush’s cancer diagnosis has hit us hard emotionally, but we’re a long way from giving up hope. Limbaugh is a fighter, and we don’t believe that we’ve heard the last from him. He has a rough medical road ahead, but hopefully he will be buoyed by the sentiments and prayers of the millions who love him.
And in the meanwhile, we’ll do our best to soldier on right here – speaking truth as accurately as we can while mixing in enough humor to make it go down smoothly. A combination which we definitely learned from the man behind the golden EIB microphone.
BREAKING NEWS: Rush Limbaugh received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at last night’s State of the Union Address! What an unexpected and delightful moment.
Our emotions ran heavy. We cheered, we were saddened, we were exalted, we were fortified, we were disgusted by the Democrat response, we were pleased they were exposed . . .
Based on DLH’s post yesterday, prior to Trump’s State of the Union Speech, he pulled out a quote that must mean he was privy to the speech because it largely described what transpired:
“Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.”
Trump exalted America and set forth his record and did so in the face of the people that are demonically trying to stop America. Demonic is the primary word that came to mind as we watched the faces of the Democrat leadership seated, and sit they did, throughout the speech. Hate oozed from their eyes, their body language, their expressions. It was AMAZING what they exposed of themselves. Schumer, the blanch shirted femanazis, Pelosi in a bad mood to start with, having a bad denture day. They are mad. They are rip-snorting mad at being exposed as they exposed themselves. Speaking of which Nancy Pelosi’s drama queen scene (we heard she stamped her feet as well) ripping her copy of the SOTO address was “priceless.”
Ripping things up is really nothing new for Democrats. It is what they do.
Trump’s demeanor was entirely appropriate. I would not shake the hand of a leader in a coup against America. As for the SOTU speech, that Trump set forth his successes was entirely par for SOTU course. That is what Presidents use the SOTU for and to call for more support. Look back at all of them in recent decades. But Trump never mentioned the coup attempt even though the conspirators were in the room. But from the looks on their faces it was clear THEY knew THEY were on trial there. It was a sight to behold.
Yes, Democrats got burned last night, like vampires meeting the sun:
Trump was defending us as much as his record. The Republicans in the House and Senate (well most of them) can take heart. The night in important aspects was about the Democrats. Exposing them.
There are so many vignettes that could be discussed, delighted in, disgusted in. The personages introduced were brilliant. We think the introduction of the toddler born at 21 weeks gestation, the lead-up to a call for a true ban on late-term abortion, again exposing Democrats, was inspired. Her mother, holding her, cheering Trump’s call . . . I don’t have words right now. But imaging those blanch shirted femnazis in the audience who support legal abortion on demand for any reason at any time paid for with tax dollars . . .
IF YOU WERE UNABLE TO WATCH THE SOTU ADDRESS YOU MUST. As a convenience we embed it herein:
So still no word about who Iowa Democrats are going to pick to lose to Trump. ARITHMETIC IS HARD.
We have an idea, call Jethro, he’s good at gusintas.
Actually Jethro would outperform the Dem caucus cyphers
Via Stilton today:
IOWA CAUCUS SNAFU – . . . we think we can blame Democratic mischief and Democratic incompetence for the spectacular fustercluck which was likely intended to produce the credibly faked results that the DNC really wanted. Another perfect example of why Democrats shouldn’t be trusted to run anything. Not to mention a great example of which party really interferes with honest elections.
Seriously, in 1600-sum caucus locations the Democrats could not find one person in each to do the math and operate a phone. BUT PUT THEM IN CHARGE OF THE ECONOMY.
The Democrats unquestionably run the education system in Iowa. Too bad the chickens never left the roost.
Press release from Iowa Democrat Party
DES MOINES — This morning, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price released the following statement:
“Last night, more than 1,600 precinct caucuses gathered across the state of Iowa and at satellite caucuses around the world to demonstrate our shared values and goal of taking back the White House. The many volunteers running caucus sites, new voters registering as Democrats, and neighbors talking to each other about the future of our country demonstrated the strength of our party.
“We have every indication that our systems were secure and there was not a cyber security intrusion. In preparation for the caucuses, our systems were tested by independent cybersecurity consultants.
“As precinct caucus results started coming in, the IDP ran them through an accuracy and quality check. It became clear that there were inconsistencies with the reports. The underlying cause of these inconsistencies was not immediately clear, and required investigation, which took time.
“As this investigation unfolded, IDP staff activated pre-planned backup measures and entered data manually. This took longer than expected.
“As part of our investigation, we determined with certainty that the underlying data collected via the app was sound. While the app was recording data accurately, it was reporting out only partial data. We have determined that this was due to a coding issue in the reporting system. This issue was identified and fixed. The application’s reporting issue did not impact the ability of precinct chairs to report data accurately.
“Because of the required paper documentation, we have been able to verify that the data recorded in the app and used to calculate State Delegate Equivalents is valid and accurate. Precinct level results are still being reported to the IDP. While our plan is to release results as soon as possible today, our ultimate goal is to ensure that the integrity and accuracy of the process continues to be upheld.”
