seems like the whole night was a little worthless to me.
first primary i followed and the first and second place people essentially got the same number of delegates give or take one.
am i missing something.
from an impartial view, i dont see what anybody gained or lost.
i am glad for cruz and his supporters but is it important because it shows who’s in the race for real and who should drop out?
is Iowa a dem or repub state?
why so many new voters. like 40 percent were first timers?
200,000 voters total. Small state.
Ads were selling for 1200 each in the big markets. And up. This is a huge income scam for the state and fairly meaningless.
Also, look at the attention these voters get! And subsidies!
But it did accomplish killing Jeb’s campaign. He paid 2800 dollars per vote!
I've lived in Iowa all my life, so I've watched the Hawkeye Caucii a time or two. It isn't worthless (no political tool is), but it really isn't tremendously meaningful. The Iowa GOP has a cat fight every four years between the GOP establishment and perennial coalition of "evangelicals." The establishment types are all about business and moneymaking, the "evangelicals" think that a president and a pastor require the same skill sets and levels of moral purity. If you don't particularly care for either group, you are already sort of screwed at caucus time, because the way it is set up can very quickly degenerate into something quite close to a public shaming.
I'll say it (yet) again: nobody should want Iowans making decisions for them.
Mr. niteowl77
What you are missing is that it’s not really about the delegates so much at this point than it is about determining who is actually viable for the coming races.
In other words. It’s about winnowing the field down, which has already happened on both sides.