NEWS: Sanders Campaign Declares Victory in Iowa and Releases Discrepancies

[Donkees]

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[George II]

1. Unless I missed something, the Iowa Democratic Party declares the winner.

[democratisphere]

7. Somebody has been reading the drumpf playbook.

[TwilightZone]

2. 100% in, Buttigieg wins.

https://results.thecaucuses.org/

Sanders's victory declaration is intentionally misleading and disingenuous.

[madaboutharry]

3. Sanders is a man without grace.

He needs to stop.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Donkees.

[honest.abe]

5. Sounds like the fox guarding the hen house.

[RandySF]

6. It's a tie at best

And Buttigieg won if we want to get technical.

[Garrett78]

15. They both won in accordance with this year's rules. There are 3 results to be considered.

Screwy as it may be, it was agreed that this year's Iowa Caucus would have 3 results and the potential for multiple winners. There's the pre-alignment vote total (Sanders by a fairly healthy margin), the final vote total (Sanders by a narrower margin) and the state delegate equivalents (Buttigieg by the narrowest of margins).

Of course, the pledged/national delegates are what matter in terms of the nomination process. Buttigieg and Sanders will likely end up with the same number of those.

[StevieM]

8. Congratulations to Mayor Pete for his hard earned victory.

And congratulations to Senator Sanders for finishing a strong second.

[CentralMass]

9. K&R

[beastie boy]

10. Didn't Bernie already declare victory earlier today?

By 6,000 votes, no less! Could Bernie possibly be more convincing this time than he had been before?

[JudyM]

11. Reading through these examples is eye opening. WTH is going on!?

[krissey]

12. Nothing different for Sanders. Had a supporter come in Monday stating he won.

That Democrats will never allow him to be a winner. But he won. I said not all were in yet, he said doesn't matter. DNC will stop Sanders.

This is what Sanders create. He loses, he was cheated. He won, all is right with the world.

[Kentonio]

17. Please explain how the discrepancies shown in the op are supposedly not relevant?

If that was Elizabeth Warren having delegates taken away left, right and centre, would you not care?

[Cal Carpenter]

13. If those examples are accurate, then I'm with Tom Perez

who is asking for a review of the counts on behalf of the DNC.

Tiny delegate count notwithstanding, it is important to get an accurate count. Because this looks messed up.

[Renew Deal]

14. Where have I heard "basically tied" before?

lol

[denem]

16. Sanders needed to win big. He did not.