02-04-2020, 08:48 AM
So, the Democratic candidates who faired the best based on the early estimates did what they could; Klobuchar, Biden, Warren and Buttigieg all made quasi-victory speeches, packed their teams and their shit, and headed for New Hampshire (where paper ballots are fortunately still the standard).
Hopefully, the Iowa caucuses won't be first in the nation moving forward and won't hold so much esteem. Nothing against Iowa or the people there.
But, it's not a state that's demographically representative of most of the nation anyway and both the Iowa Democratic and Republican Parties have fucked up royally in recent elections (the Republican Party announced Romney as the the winner in 2012, only to turn around a couple of days later and announce they had miscalculated and Rick Santorum was the real winner).
Hopefully, the Iowa caucuses won't be first in the nation moving forward and won't hold so much esteem. Nothing against Iowa or the people there.
But, it's not a state that's demographically representative of most of the nation anyway and both the Iowa Democratic and Republican Parties have fucked up royally in recent elections (the Republican Party announced Romney as the the winner in 2012, only to turn around a couple of days later and announce they had miscalculated and Rick Santorum was the real winner).