It’s almost like 2016 all over again. The Democrats are screwing Bernie Sanders out of declaring a win in Iowa, just like they did with Hillary Clinton in 2016. Somehow, despite the fact Sanders had more votes than Pete the Cheat ButtEdgeEdge, he still was not declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses. Comrade Sanders supporters are probably looking to go violent the next primary or caucus they screw Bernie out of. That could be Nevada.
| Comrade Bernie Sanders had more popular votes than ButtEdgeEdge, yet didn’t win Iowa |
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However, as the New York Times tally noted, Sanders had a significant advantage in the popular vote — both in the “first alignment” and the final vote tally after the “second alignment,” when voters whose candidates failed to reach 15% in their precincts on the first vote could choose another candidate.
Sanders won over 6,000 more votes than Buttigieg in the first vote, and over 2,500 more in the final vote.
The Associated Press refused to call a winner, citing the confusing and contradictory results, which had been delayed by the failure of an app the state’s Democrats had used to collect data from precincts.
On Monday, Buttigieg declared victory — prematurely, but perhaps accurately. On Thursday, Sanders said he was the winner, given his wide lead (3.5%) on the first ballot. Some observers agreed with him: