…is that we start getting phone calls and mailings before February 5th.
Iowa Democratic Party Caucus Results
Senator Barack Obama : 37.58%
Senator John Edwards : 29.75%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 29.47%
Governor Bill Richardson : 2.11%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.93%
Uncommitted : 0.14%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.02%
Precincts Reporting: 1781 of 1781
(Percentages are State Delegate Equivalents.)
It translates into this number of delegates:
Iowa – estimated pledged delegates
Obama – 16
Edwards – 14
Clinton – 15
57 total delegates*
45 tied to January 3 caucuses
12 superdelegates
Out of how many delegates needed to win the nomination?
Brace yourselves.
Yesterday afternoon my spouse told me that I had missed a phone call from the Obama campaign reminding me to vote on February 5th.
This caucus meant more than Texas’ primary in early March, despite the huge disparity in delegates up for grabs.
By the way, you got the delegate count wrong. It’s Obama 18, Edwards 17, Clinton 16.
her corporate buddies go broke.