Update regarding the Iowa DEMOCRATIC caucus, looks like 'uncommitted' gets 1% of the delegates

[Tx4obama]

Last edited Sun Jan 8, 2012, 10:01 PM - Edit history (1)

How Occupy Iowa Caucus Won 'Uncommitted' Delegates
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/turnstyle/how-occupy-iowa-caucus-wo_b_1190612.html


Note: in 2008 there were a total of 2,500 Democratic Iowa primary state delegates.
Related: Caucus results for 2008: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Democratic_caucuses,_2008#Caucus_Results

p.s. So, I'm assuming that 'uncommitted' will have ZERO delegates at the 'Democratic National Convention' in August.

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Edited to add
I've found the 2012 numbers that the Iowa Democratic Party has released SO FAR


2012 Total Democratic State Delegates: 1200

So far, with 1652 of the 1774 precincts reported, (93.12% of precincts)

Obama State Delegates = 1094.86
'Other' State Delegates = 17.15

http://iowademocrats.org/caucus/hPressVt76HujI/

[jberryhill]

1. So... Occupy is now the 1%?

[Tx4obama]

2. In this case perhaps even less than 1%

because not all 'uncommitted' votes would have been due to Occupy.
There are always some 'uncommitted' votes - even before Occupy came into existence.
There's no way of telling how much of the 1% is Occupy and how much is just 'uncommitted folks'.

[cyberswede]

3. In our precinct

the three uncommitted (out of around 40 caucus-goers) are just regular everyday lefties who would've chosen "uncommitted" this year regardless of Occupy.

[girl gone mad]

4. Occupy got 25% of the people to vote uncommitted in Iowa City.

Their strategy was overwhelmingly successful in places where Occupiers chose to follow through and fight.

Thanks for sharing the link.

[Tx4obama]

5. Perhaps on that 'ONE' county/precinct, but there are 100 counties in Iowa.

There are 1774 precincts in Iowa

and 100 Iowa Counties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Results_of_Iowa_Democratic_Caucuses_2008-2675px.png

Btw, The Iowa Democratic Party does not release vote counts (it releases only the number of delegates to the state convention)

[Tx4obama]

6. I've found the 2012 numbers, that the Iowa Democratic Party has released SO FAR

Total Democratic State Delegates: 1200


So far, with 1652 of the 1774 precincts reported, (93.12% of precincts)

Obama State Delegates = 1094.86
'Other' State Delegates = 17.15

http://iowademocrats.org/caucus/hPressVt76HujI/

p.s. Will update the OP to reflect the data in this comment.