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An interactive map that you can watch to see the results by county as they come in.
CNN has a similar map here.
MSNBC has one here.
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Iowa has 28 total delegates.
25 determined by today's caucuses and 3 unpledged RNC delegates
2012 Iowa Republican Caucus Results
Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:57 PM EST
Article Source: The Des Moines Register
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Here we can watch the results come in and talk about how little it matters....
- 21 votes
#1 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:59 PM ESTSantorum has a small lead over Romney with both around 24%.
- 7 votes
Iowa must have open primaries... no other explanation for the candidate with the worst possible chance of winning in the general election beating the candidate with the best possible chance of winning in the general election... I can't really help but laugh at that though.
- 4 votes
Iowa must have open primaries..
Iowa has closed caucuses.
no other explanation for the candidate with the worst possible chance of winning in the general election beating the candidate with the best possible chance of winning in the general election
Um...can you be more specific? None of them have a shot in hell of winning the general election.
- 7 votes
Romney has a damn better chance than Santorum... and are you serious? Iowa has closed caucuses?? That's just hillarious!! Republicans really are that stupid!! OMFG!! ROFL!!
- 4 votes
Z1P2, here's another laugh for you, Iowa hasn't picked a winner in the GOP except one time since 1973, that winner was George W. Bush.
- 7 votes
Well that really doesn't mean anything gmross.
I say the GOP should go for it though... let's have an election to put up a real fascist against a moderate by comparisson Obama... let's just see what happens.
- 5 votes
Oh I agree Z, it should be fun until November to watch how they play this.
- 5 votes
that winner was George W. Bush.
Are you sure he was the winner?
- 4 votes
Wow, Romney could not even capture half of the 25 counties, and in many of the counties he did not take he did not even managed to get into the top three. Talk about lack of enthusiasm, he has been running for years and still ranked 5th or 6th in some counties. Poor Jon Huntsman the only sane moderate man in the pack ranked last in every county. God save America, the inmates are trying to gain control of the asylum.
- 8 votes
rimbauda,
Are you sure he was the winner?
Well, that is what the SCOTUS said after daddy Bush talked to them, in private!
- 8 votes
And another straw poll in Iowa is done.
For those of us who live in caucus states, there is NOTHING funnier than watching the pundits and everyone else take this non-binding straw poll seriously.
Folks, ALL that happened was a bunch of people got together and elected a bunch of delegates to whatever the NEXT level is in the convention system, along with various proposals for the state party platform in Iowa. I KNOW this, because we do the SAME thing in Minnesota in February. And the DELEGATES elected tonight will go to district or county conventions, which will do the SAME things the caucuses did, except with more authority over party policy and operation issues, and THEY will elect delegates who undoubtedly will have a somewhat DIFFERENT makeup than the ones from tonight (including presidential candidate preferences) and these will go to another convention perhaps, and then you get to the STATE convention, and, even IF santorum "split" first place with romney, or even beats him by 20 votes tonight, by the STATE convention, romney could walk away with 2/3 of the delegates Iowa republicans send to the national convention, depending on the internal wheeling and dealing.
And that folks, is how the caucus system works.
- 3 votes
I guess it was predictable when I learned how evangelical Iowa is. IMHO, Santorum, like Perry and Bachmann have not a chance. When the real voters find out that these three are Dominionists, they will run away. Especially the northeast; evangelicals may appeal along the bible belt, but nowhere else.
I'm amazed that Paul and Gingrich did as well. Both are certified wackos, IMHO. Paul wants to dismantle 50 years of progress and Gingrich is too narcissistic.
I'm also amazed that Huntsman did as bad. He actually has the best credientials (but the Republican National Committee, obviously don't like him).
- 5 votes
Santorum, like Perry and Bachmann have not a chance. When the real voters find out that these three are Dominionists, they will run away.
Yep. Bachmann dropped out today, and Perry is headed top Texas to lick his wounds, er, reassess his campaign. Two down, and Santorum wil drop drastically in New Hampshire.
Huntsman, probably the sanest of the lot, never really had a chance.
That leaves Romney, Gingrich and Paul. Paul is kinda nuts, and Gingrich has way too much baggage.
Romney is inevitable.
- 6 votes
Looks about right. Has all their names & pics with zeros behind them. ;) But hey, at least they got the pics right, that is better than some "news" organizations. ;)
- 10 votes
#3 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 7:16 PM ESTlol. People may not realize it, but those are the final results. ;)
Nah. The results should start coming in just after 7 Iowa time. The question, really, is which one of these clowns will come out on top, and which ones will be so embarrassed that they'll consider dropping out.
I think Huntsman will drop out after today. He's probably the only one with enough common sense to see the writing on the wall.
- 14 votes
Or the only one without a book to sell.
Who buys these books, anyway?
- 11 votes
Not a clue.
If they put them in the comedy section, though, they'd probably sell more of them.
- 7 votes
Stocking up for armageddon again, my guess is they buy them at .99 a piece & stock them for toilet paper. In the tp section they would sell more of them.
- 6 votes
I think the people who donate to their campaigns buy the books, but without knowing it. They use the campaign money to buy books, which they then give to those who gave campaign money, which was used to buy books, and so on. Makes it look like people actually bought the damn things.
- 11 votes
I think Huntsman will drop out after today.
He pretty much said he's betting on New Hampshire. If he loses there he's probably out.
Who buys these books, anyway?
Their PACs and campaigns. And the random cornhusker :-). At least that's how it was with Palin.
- 10 votes
Watch for Fox to put a (D) after Ron Paul's name regarding the primaries. OOOps, now they wouldn't do that, they love him. HaHa, the way Paul makes em squirm during those debates have been frickin' hilarious. Keep in it Ron.
- 1 vote
This will be interesting.
- 6 votes
#4 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 7:41 PM ESTYeah, in a how does this even matter sort of way....
Agreed but with 40% still undecided it might be interesting even thought it really seems like it doesn't matter.
- 8 votes
Well, for me its interesting to see who lied the best to the voters and was able to get their vote. (or if those lies cost them).
- 7 votes
If I was an Iowa Republican (yeah, right) I'd cast my vote for "Are you @!$%#ing kidding me?"
- 14 votes
Can you imagine what the country could do with all the money that is going into "toilet paper rolls" for campaign funding? It is appalling that people have money for this, but not that!
- 3 votes
I enjoy the best laughs on your seeds Dennis, great comments.
- 8 votes
#5 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:11 PM ESTCNN is saying this:
Early results of CNN Iowa entrance poll: First tier is Paul, Romney, Santorum. Actual votes, projections within the hour.
- 8 votes
#6 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:20 PM ESTAt least Bachmann is down at the bottom! I never expected much from the evangelists there anyway.
- 6 votes
Think she'll get the hint?
Nevermind. No need to answer. Of course she won't.
- 6 votes
Results are slowly beginning to trickle in. Warren County, with 4% reporting, has Paul at 50% and Perry and Santorum at 16.7% each.
- 4 votes
#7 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:41 PM ESTWith 8% in, here's where we are:
- Paul 2,273 24%
- Santorum 2,160 23%
- Romney 2,152 23%
- Gingrich 1,238 13%
- Perry 886 10%
- Bachmann 588 6%
- Huntsman 53 1%
Source: CNN
- 6 votes
#8 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 9:04 PM ESTAt 12%:
- Paul 3,581 24%
- Romney 3,466 23%
- Santorum 3,442 23%
- Gingrich 1,956 13%
- Perry 1,439 10%
- Bachmann 929 6%
- Huntsman 92 1%
- 6 votes
- 4 votes
Pretty much identical to CNNs version. My guess is they're using the same sources.
- 4 votes
15%:
- Paul 4,440 24%
- Santorum 4,292 23%
- Romney 4,183 23%
- Gingrich 2,460 13%
- Perry 1,817 10%
- Bachmann 1,096 6%
- Huntsman 126 1%
- 4 votes
What happens if there is a statistical tie with the top two or the top three?
- 4 votes
I doubt it's possible. Percentage-wise it is, but not by actual votes.
I don't know Iowa election law, but I would assume that a tie would mean a run-off...which would be exceedingly weird considering it's the first state in the nation to vote.
- 5 votes
a tie would mean a run-off...which would be exceedingly weird
Or a re-count? That would be weird too for a primary.
- 4 votes
There's no way to recount a caucus. Right now there are rooms full of people all over Iowa wheeling and dealing to get votes. It's not a traditional election with ballots that can be recounted.
- 5 votes
Oh, so how do they get their votes? Sorry to be dense but I never studied how primaries are conducted. It's interesting.
- 4 votes
Primaries are easy. Caucuses are different, and Iowa is just plain strange. Right now they're electing delegates to elect delegates to go to the convention and vote for who the hell knows who.
Make sense?
- 3 votes
I thought the Republicans went to a proportional apportionment of delegates this year?
- 1 vote
Yeah, sort of. We discussed that down below. I had it wrong, but Student of Life corrected me.
- 2 votes
Thank you Dennis, it doesn't make sense yet but I'll look into it more tomorrow. Right now I'n listening to Newt wheeze out his philosophy.
Now it's Perry. Still stupid.
- 2 votes
I can understand the votes for Paul & Romney, but I can't believe that Santorum is doing that well. Sad, but then again there are people voting for Bachmann & Perry, so for some there is no hope.
- 8 votes
#9 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 9:29 PM ESTWith 22%:
- Romney 6,297 23%
- Santorum 6,256 23%
- Paul 6,240 23%
- Gingrich 3,596 13%
- Perry 2,833 10%
- Bachmann 1,608 6%
- Huntsman 169 1%
- 7 votes
31% in:
- Romney 7,844 24%
- Santorum 7,726 23%
- Paul 7,655 23%
- Gingrich 4,440 13%
- Perry 3,433 10%
- Bachmann 1,932 6%
- Huntsman 211 1%
- 5 votes
MSNBC is reporting 41% in:
- Rick Santorum 24% 12,231
- Mitt Romney 24% 12,124
- Ron Paul 22% 11,117
- Newt Gingrich 13% 6,701
- Rick Perry 10% 5,106
- Michele Bachmann 6% 2,874
- Jon Huntsman 1% 293
Santorum??
- 6 votes
And CNN at 46%:
- Santorum 12,417 24%
- Romney 12,255 24%
- Paul 11,238 22%
- Gingrich 6,788 13%
- Perry 5,156 10%
- Bachmann 2,917 6%
- Huntsman 299 1%
- 5 votes
wtf???? santorum??
he is the worst possible candidate in my opinion...he hates everyone.
last week he was at what 4%....what the hell?? damn the media is a powerful tool...they pushed him over the last week...guess it worked...and shows how stupid americans are.
@!$%#ING SANTORUM??????
UNBELIEVABLE.
- 11 votes
Santorum is who Rupert Murdoch/Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia who = Fox have chosen to endorse.
- 4 votes
people need to wake the @!$%# up....corporations are buying who we get as politicians.....and yes democrats that goes for you too.
wall street gives more to obama than all the republicans combined.
@!$%#....if the dumbass republicans vote santorum in.....jesus....obama is a shoe in.....it would probably be the biggest blowout in the history of presidential elections.
hell I might even vote for Obama just to show those stupid @!$%#ing republicans who voted for Santorum just how stupid they @!$%#ing are.
oh this has me livid........SANTORUM????????
- 6 votes
we are doomed as a country if we are stupid enough to vote for the hatemonger santorum.
- 6 votes
That army guy in Ron Paul's camp who wants to see a little peace may have to wait a while.
- 6 votes
well with either obama, santorum or romney as our president...
lets get ready for some more war people!!!!!!!!!
yippee!!!!!
- 3 votes
True that.
At least there has been a little progress since the last primary.
But it's not over until the fat lady sings!
- 1 vote
Don't put so much stock in the Iowa caucus. They hardly ever get it right.
- 5 votes
Its probably going to blow the liberals mind on here.....but if Ron Paul doesnt win the nomination I will probably become one of the most vocal and intolerant people on here in regards to republicans.
While it makes me happy that his numbers has improved from 4 years ago...the results tonight show just how much the stupid @!$%#ing republicans let fear rule them............santorum....hell I can see losing to Romney...but santorum???
this is just blowing my mind.....I am at a loss for thoughtful words.
I am terrified for my country.
- 3 votes
dennis
this was the state Ron Paul was supposed to do the best in...if he doesnt do well here..just means we are getting some @!$%#ing idiot who wants to kill brown people in there.
republicans are turning their backs on the military...and those who serve.
its disgusting and I will rip these stupid ass republicans apart in the coming year...if they dont pull their head out of their ass.
- 3 votes
if Ron Paul doesnt win the nomination I will probably become one of the most vocal and intolerant people on here in regards to republicans.
You might as well start yesterday.
- 4 votes
I couldn't agree with you more James. This country is in trouble (to put in mildly).
They honor the military only when it's convenient to them.
Hopefully, the other states will be a little smarter.
- 2 votes
Conselor, an aside please...
(...so does this Iowa Caucus count as an official Republican primary? I'm easily confused; it was the '70's and everything was so cheap and easy to get...)
Wasn't there just a "straw pole" with Bachmann winning?
- 4 votes
Yes. 25 delegates go to the winner, with three more going to whomever the Iowa RNC awards them to at the convention (usually the same person).
Straw polls mean nothing. They simply gauge opinion at the time.
- 6 votes
Dennis,
Actually, that's not correct. Iowa is not a 'winner take all' state, the delegates will be given proportionately, meaning Paul, Santorum, and Romney each will likely get 8 delegates, or the front runner gets 9 and the second plate gets 7 and so forth.
- 5 votes
I should point out that Iowa is not a bellweather state. They're wrong more often than they're right. But what really matters about this is campaign contributions.
People who are on the fence, not sure who to contribute to, will look at this as an indication of who is more likely to get the nomination as opposed to those who have no shot.
So say you can't decide between Bachmann (R-Mars) and Santorum (R-Heaven) since they hold pretty much the same positions. You look at these results, give your money to Santorum, then regret it for the rest of your life.
- 7 votes
SoL, I stand corrected.
The Hawkeye State will send 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa Aug. 23, out of 2,286 voting delegates total, but all of Iowa’s delegates will be “unbound,” or free to vote for any candidate for president or vice president. Iowa works differently from most states, which will award delegates to presidential candidates proportionally, according to how much of the vote each candidate captures. Most of those delegates will be required to vote for a specific candidate during the first round of voting at the national convention. Iowa’s won’t.
- 5 votes
No worries Dennis, most of the time you're the one correcting me...
- 6 votes
...uhm, well if the delegates are unbound, what's the point of calling them delegates?
Am I missing something?
- 5 votes
...yet another question from the left coast; is the Iowa Democratic party also doing a caucus? If so, how many caucasers have voted? They are called caucusers, right?
- 3 votes
...I guess it must cost money to throw one of these parties but I think the Iowa Democratic partiers should throw down just to get out the vote. Ames, Des moines, that TM town (Fairfield?) and Council Bluffs could scare up 70,000 votes.
It also might not look good for the Iowa Democratics to stage a faux election. I wish I was smarter.
- 2 votes
since , no one is running against pres Obama , they dont have to caucus , and he gets all the dem delegates awarded to him .
another furthernote , if one goes back and looks at past winners of iowa, they are a crap shoot as Dennis stated , its not a bell weather state primary .
over the past 25 yrs as to the winner of iowa going on to win the nomination in 88 Iowa went to dole , Bush was the nominee, it went to huckabee in 08 and the nominee was mccain , 2000,96 and 93 it went to the eventual nomenee whom ran for president , and in 2004 , even though Bush2 had people running against him he had the incumbent edge and it went to him .
more telling would be super tuesday , later this yr when multiple state primaries are held on the same day .
- 4 votes
Spooky, they'll be out for the general election. You know, after the Republican party picks it's loser.
- 6 votes
...is it only the Iowa Republican party that operates caucusses (sp?) in this manner? I am truly have a bit of a time untangling this knotty skein of provincial politics. Is there an actual reason the Iowa system has been set up in this fashion?
- 3 votes
.is it only the Iowa Republican party that operates caucusses (sp?) in this manner?
Yeah, other states have caucuses, but this system is peculiar to Iowa.
Is there an actual reason the Iowa system has been set up in this fashion?
Um...drunken corn farmers?
- 6 votes
...figuratively, but not literally, I am rolling on the floor. Literally and actually, I am laughing out loud.
FbnLRotFL. L&IRL, LOL.
- 4 votes
Hey, these guys spend their time drunkenly wandering through mazes of corn. They think that's the way things should be.
- 6 votes
I'm telling you it'll be a 3way tie and Trump will host an over the top battle royal for the crown #1 ratings guarantied.
- 4 votes
#14 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 10:17 PM ESTI heard Michele Bachmann predict that she would win and that it would be a miracle. That's what you want to see--a candidate who thinks it would be a miracle if she should win. What self confidence! What a maroon!
- 6 votes
#17 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 10:34 PM ESTlol. Well, she's actually right for once. If she won, it would be a miracle....
- 7 votes
This far? It's the first caucus. Hell, today is the starting point.
- 7 votes
Aaaaahhhh, Michele. The age of miracles has indeed passed.
- 5 votes
CNN, 52%:
- Santorum 14,289 24%
- Romney 13,935 24%
- Paul 12,717 22%
- Gingrich 7,837 13%
- Perry 6,027 10%
- Bachmann 3,278 6%
- Huntsman 318 1%
- 6 votes
#18 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 10:37 PM ESTand at 59%, it's a three way race between the guy with the magic underwear, the kindly old racist country Doctor, and the stuff you don't wanna get on ya...
- Santorum 15,973 24%
- Romney 15,389 24%
- Paul 14,180 22%
- Gingrich 8,727 13%
- Perry 6,867 11%
- Bachmann 3,583 5%
- Huntsman 352 1%
Oh, and some other folks who really ought to hang it up.
- 6 votes
A Huge jump = 88% reporting. Iowa must have found it's cell phone.
- Santorum 26,443 25%
- Romney 26,398 25%
- Paul 22,728 21%
- Gingrich 14,244 13%
- Perry 11,099 10%
- Bachmann 5,496 5%
- Huntsman 628 1%
- 6 votes
With 89% reporting Romney just pulled slightly ahead of Santorum in votes, though they are still tied at 25%.
- 4 votes
You gotta be @!$%#tin me. Santorum? The guys a nut job!
- 6 votes
#19 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 11:04 PM ESTIf nothing else, by voting Santorum so far up, Iowa has proven itself irrelevant to the process of picking Presidents.
As Huntsman said, Iowa picks corn not Presidents.
- 5 votes
You gotta be @!$%#tin me. Santorum? The guys a nut job!
They're all nut jobs, to one degree or another.
- 3 votes
Keep in mind - there's what - 150,000 voters today out of a state with just over 3,000,000.
So we're talking about roughly 5% the Iowa population being reflected here.
Statistically speaking 7% of the population believes that the Earth is still flat, we never landed on the moon, and Elvis still lives.
- 2 votes
Maybe, but if I can't have Paul at least give me Romney! I can't vote for any other Republican and I can't vote for Obama, so if neither of those two gets the nod I'll be staying home and drinking instead of voting for the president.
- 1 vote
I can't vote for Obama
Why not? If the candidate is Santorum - I have to vote Obama. There's no choice in that matter for me. I mean, a pledge to attack Iran with the crack pot religious theories? No thanks.
If the candidate is Romney - I will vote Obama. Romney wants to increase the role of government, but, without a handout or the common decency of a "reach-around". At least, I can further my own cause by voting for Obama.
Here's hoping Huntsman does well in NH.
- 7 votes
It appears that Romney is winning in the population centers - Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Omaha (NE) area. Any thoughts on why that would be?
- 4 votes
#20 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 11:14 PM ESTSure. Urban areas are usually higher in education level. Those in the urban areas are smart enough to know that Romney is the inevitable nominee.
- 7 votes
Open primary. There are a lot of 'independents' who would love to see Romney go up against Obama. Romney loses in the middle class battles, the healthcare fighting point is nullified, and Romney is the best chance the democrats have of the GOP splitting the ticket with a hard conservative.
- 3 votes
48% of Medicaid Welfare recipents are White and 27% are Black while Iwoa is 89% White so more than 48% of Iwoa Medicaid Welfare recipents are White.
They want Welfare for themselves and to deny it to those lazy folks that live off of Government Checks.
- 4 votes
And with 92% reporting:
- Romney 27,830 25%
- Santorum 27,817 25%
- Paul 23,737 21%
- Gingrich 14,961 13%
- Perry 11,600 10%
- Bachmann 5,690 5%
- Huntsman 660 1%
- 5 votes
#22 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 11:18 PM ESTMan, there's a joke in there somewhere. Something about magic underwear and the frothy mix....
- 4 votes
Anyone think the frothy mix will help santorum slip by the magic underwear man in the end.
- 5 votes
95%:
- Santorum 28,895 25%
- Romney 28,841 25%
- Paul 25,008 21%
- Gingrich 15,553 13%
- Perry 12,074 10%
- Bachmann 5,891 5%
- Huntsman 700 1%
- 4 votes
Nope, I think Santorum will be washed out of the magic underwear by New Hampshire.
All that will be left after NH is the chaffing.
- 8 votes
Yep, I agree. I'm a bit more interested, right now, in what those at the bottom will do as their campaign contributions dry up and no one takes them seriously at all (not that anyone was).
- 5 votes
I was feeling sorry for how poorly Huntsman was doing, until I remembered he decided to shun Iowa in favor of NH. As I recall, he slammed Iowa in the process.
- 5 votes
#23 - Tue Jan 3, 2012 11:41 PM ESTNone of these represents any one that I know nor would I vote for them. Proves the point IOWA means Idiots out wandering about.
- 6 votes
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