Iowa Caucus' are Today (Cruz Called as Winner)

 
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Did Hillary really just win on a coin toss?
I think it was an analogy. I think those were just people going, not delegates. I think.

Three recorded instances of a coin toss deciding delegates.

Welcome to Iowa everybody. If Hillary wins it'll be because she won all three of those coin tosses.
Last Edit: February 02, 2016, 01:28:59 AM by LC


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Yeah just saw

Eh, if Sanders won it like that would people's reactions be the same?
Last Edit: February 02, 2016, 02:09:35 AM by Luciana


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I understand it's odd, but caucus's are literally different than anything else in our election process. We're talking about a place you go and bundle into groups as democrats and people come over to you going "ayy lmao, so wanna cum over here and support this one?"

It's not "lol democracy" because it's about as democratic as you get in this country.

But what people also need to understand, is that every form of government has its flaws. This is obviously democracies.


 
 
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pity that trump didn't win tbh

but this new idea, I love it.

Replace all ballot boxes with coin tosses and who knows, we might have a 50/50 chance of getting a good leader


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pity that trump didn't win tbh

but this new idea, I love it.

Replace all ballot boxes with coin tosses and who knows, we might have a 50/50 chance of getting a good leader and a 50/50 chance for Fallout 61 years early.


 
 
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pity that trump didn't win tbh

but this new idea, I love it.

Replace all ballot boxes with coin tosses and who knows, we might have a 50/50 chance of getting a good leader and a 50/50 chance for Fallout 61 years early.
tbh if you didn't spend summer 2012 building your own fallout shelter you kinda deserve to be cleansed in nuclear fire



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Us Sanders supporters should be happy that Clinton only won because of coin tosses. I think most people thought that Clinton would run away with the win, and she had to fight to the end. This places both Clinton and Sanders on an even level of viability. As s Sanders fan, this is almost exactly what I wanted.


 
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This places both Clinton and Sanders on an even level of viability. As s Sanders fan, this is almost exactly what I wanted.

Yes and no.


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This places both Clinton and Sanders on an even level of viability. As s Sanders fan, this is almost exactly what I wanted.

Yes and no.

But mostly yes.


 
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This places both Clinton and Sanders on an even level of viability. As s Sanders fan, this is almost exactly what I wanted.

Yes and no.

But mostly yes.

Not really


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This places both Clinton and Sanders on an even level of viability. As s Sanders fan, this is almost exactly what I wanted.

Yes and no.

But mostly yes.

Not really

We'll see.


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Wow so uh, Clinton just barely edged out Bernie, Trump underperformed, and Rubio was a reasonably strong second-place loser. I could see Rubio becoming the nominee after all.


 
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This places both Clinton and Sanders on an even level of viability. As s Sanders fan, this is almost exactly what I wanted.

Yes and no.

But mostly yes.

Not really

We'll see.

I'll go into more detail after my class, but short summary: Sanders is relying on a historically unreliable voting group and has yet to make strides in Clinton's key base - on the flip side, Clinton has a solid chunk of support, but she cannot crack into what have Obama his advantage.


 
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she cannot crack into what have Obama his advantage.
Couldn't agree more.

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Even though I'm a Republican, I'm going to vote for Sanders in the primary so that Shillary doesn't win.
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lol Iowa

That is all.
Clearly you don't know the meaning of a caucus and an undecided
I understand it's odd, but caucus's are literally different than anything else in our election process. We're talking about a place you go and bundle into groups as democrats and people come over to you going "ayy lmao, so wanna cum over here and support this one?"

It's not "lol democracy" because it's about as democratic as you get in this country.

But what people also need to understand, is that every form of government has its flaws. This is obviously democracies.
I just find it laughable that when given the chance of deciding who could be the next president, people can leave it to a coin toss.

There were six tie breakers between Sanders and Clinton, and they were all decided with a coin toss.


 
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[quote author=Cadenza link=topic=55969.msg1131718#msg1131718 date=1454523884I just find it laughable that when given the chance of deciding who could be the next president, people can leave it to a coin toss.
[/quote]It's not. One caucus =/= the entire thing, and there are only 15 states out of the 50 that use caucus's. The rest are just walk in and pull.

And Iowa has always had this one off decision for a lot of people, especially republicans.

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There were six tie breakers between Sanders and Clinton, and they were all decided with a coin toss.
It was either that though or the people there being disenfranchised. No one said democracy was perfect.


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[quote author=Cadenza link=topic=55969.msg1131718#msg1131718 date=1454523884I just find it laughable that when given the chance of deciding who could be the next president, people can leave it to a coin toss.
It's not. One caucus =/= the entire thing, and there are only 15 states out of the 50 that use caucus's. The rest are just walk in and pull.

And Iowa has always had this one off decision for a lot of people, especially republicans.
I'm not saying it is; I'm saying I find it funny that an important decision is being left to chance. The fact that it's only a small part of the primaries which are themselves a small part of the election doesn't change that.
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There were six tie breakers between Sanders and Clinton, and they were all decided with a coin toss.
It was either that though or the people there being disenfranchised. No one said democracy was perfect.
From what I've gathered, at a caucus people can convince others to chance their vote right? all they had to do was have a discussion, but instead they do something silly. I don't expect perfection or anything close to it from democracy, but decision by coin toss does defeat the point of voting.
Last Edit: February 03, 2016, 12:45:52 PM by Cadenza


 
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Cruz won in Iowa, he's basically the next president already tbh imo fam


 
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Cruz won in Iowa, he's basically the next president already tbh imo fam

Huckabee and Santorum wish to speak to you.


 
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From what I've gathered, at a caucus people can convince others to chance their vote right? all they had to do was have a discussion, but instead they do something silly. I don't expect perfection or anything close to it from democracy, but decision by coin toss does defeat the point of voting.
The probably did have a discussion and each side wanted their side to win.


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Even though I'm a Republican, I'm going to vote for Sanders in the primary so that Shillary doesn't win.
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