2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Poll: Clinton leads Sanders by 9 points in Iowa [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)Your initial point was that our Iowa caucuses do not reflect the country.
The Iowa Democratic caucuses picked Obama in 2008. He went on to win the Dem nomination. Same for John Kerry in 2004 and Al Gore in 2000.
The article that you have linked, is about the REPUBLICAN CAUCUS CHOICES.
That has nothing to do with the Iowa Democrats.
You can't make your initial point stick--about our Iowa Democratic caucuses being oh-so invalid and horrifying that you're now pulling the Iowa Republican caucuses into it.
Iowa Republicans are extremely religious and conservative. They are another breed. Both you and I would agree that they are batshit crazy.
The winner of the Iowa Democratic caucuses--have gone on to be the Democratic nominee 90 percent of the time.