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Losing 8 precincts isn't really a reason to come down on the entire state of Iowa. Losing 8 precincts means that 99.5% of them were counted out of the total of almost 1,800.
I know that's enough to change who won, but really this race doesn't mean a whole lot anyway. For the country, OR for Iowa.
Iowa isn't a very socially conservative leaning state to begin with. The number of people who came out to vote were only 5% of the registered voters. It was heavily weighted towards social conservatives and evangelicals. Those people tend to be registered Republicans. A large majority of the state are Democrats or Independents.
Iowa has voted democrat for president 5 out of the last 6 times. In 2008, Obama won by almost 150,000 votes. When the state did go Republican back in 2004, Bush won by 10,000 votes out of 1,500,000 cast. If only 0.3% of the voters had switched their vote it would have gone Democrat.
Just saying, Iowa isn't really a good example of who's going to win this race. Obviously Santorum isn't going to win the election this fall. He's far too hateful and crazy to win an actual election.
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum received 34 votes more than former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in this month's Iowa caucuses, the Des Moines Register reported Thursday. The totals reported just after the Jan. 3 ballots had given Romney a narrow, eight-vote win over Santorum. It gave an early boost to Romney's bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
I think we could re-count who knows how many times and who knows what the outcome might end up? It probably doesn't make one bit of a difference in the end. Romney was never expected to do anything in Iowa.
According to the party they are simply going to call it a tie. That is probably the best thing so we can all get on with the rest of the campaigning.
Nita
The only difference is that now Mitt can't go down in history as the only GOP candidate to win IA & NH in a primary
Iowa caucuses win split between Romney and Santorum
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Iowa's Republican caucuses have been certified as a split decision between Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney because of missing data.
Former Massachusetts Governor Romney was declared the winner of the 3 January presidential nominating contest by eight votes.
But a new count by state officials puts Mr Santorum ahead by 34 votes.
However, results are missing from eight precincts. The Romney campaign said in a statement it was a "virtual tie".
The votes are missing from eight precincts! You have got to be kidding! This smells very fishy! Iowa needs to be reconsidered in their position after this debacle.
I noticed a lot of people in the media and folks here are just waiving this off as if it doesn't matter. But it does. The fact is there are votes missing. It doesn't matter if it makes a difference to the outcome, votes are missing, can't be located.
I noticed a lot of people in the media and folks here are just waiving this off as if it doesn't matter. But it does. The fact is there are votes missing. It doesn't matter if it makes a difference to the outcome, votes are missing, can't be located.
Yep, wasn't it AMAZING that Santorum jumped 15% on Caucus night with no $$$ and no organization? That was a real clean vote count, all right. Wasn't it Hugo Chavez that said it doesn't matter who votes, it matters who COUNTS the votes?
Yep, wasn't it AMAZING that Santorum jumped 15% on Caucus night with no $$$ and no organization? That was a real clean vote count, all right. Wasn't it Hugo Chavez that said it doesn't matter who votes, it matters who COUNTS the votes?
It was Joseph Stalin actually who said that.
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Iowa caucuses win split between Romney and Santorum
