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the Times is being sloppy (none / 0) (#2)
by along on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:11:38 PM EST
they are rounding up (or down) from the hundredth place.

737 is actually 29.468... % of 2501

744 is actually 29.74... % of 2501

etc.

and it's far from a mandate, like Huckabee got, because it was a 3-leader race.

I still don't understand the (none / 0) (#5)
by Jeralyn on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:23:20 PM EST
737 vs. 744. I thought it was a reference to the number of thousands of votes, but obviously that can't be because that would mean 1.5 million voted for the two. What do those numbers mean?

Also, I disagree Huckabee was in a two leader race. What about Thompson and McCain? They didn't do well but they were top tier candidates the same as Huckabee and Romney.

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It's a reference to # of delegates (nt) (none / 0) (#6)
by Addison on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:28:18 PM EST


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oh, those numbers (none / 0) (#7)
by along on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:29:31 PM EST
are the county delegates, or actually the estimation of county delegates.

I don't agree that Thompson and McCain were top tier at all. I considered them solidily second-tier.

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they are not county delegate numbers (none / 0) (#9)
by Jeralyn on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:38:48 PM EST
the NY Times clearly says

The vote totals for the Iowa Democratic Party are State Delegate Equivalents, which represent the estimated number of state convention delegates that the candidates would have, based on the caucus results.

State convention delegates are different than county convention delegates -- the process is caucus, then county convention, then state conventions.

See this link.

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Oh I'm sorry (none / 0) (#10)
by along on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:49:19 PM EST
I got it mixed up. there are so many levels.
yes, those are state delegates, which numbers will be used to determine the NATIONAL delegates, beginning in April. Those are the 16 15 14 numbers you have. I'm pretty sure those are still just estimates.

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no problem (none / 0) (#12)
by Jeralyn on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:57:39 PM EST
the caucus-convention system is incredibly confusing. I just spent over an hour reading Colorado's to compare it to Iowa and I may as well have been reading Greek. And but for the little I learned in that hour, I wouldn't have known the difference -- despite the fact that I once was a county delegate here -- in 2000 I think. The county convention was such a bureaucratic nightmare that I left early and didn't even think about trying to go further.

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