[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[Agger 1,611]

41 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

What's the whole point of this caucus thingy anyway? Is it part of the process to decide who will be each party's candidate in the elections?

 

Oh, the classic

 

[heywoodu 13,821]

2 hours ago, Agger said:

 

Oh, the classic

 

 

Well that's a start of an explanation and it seems freaking weird  It doesn't mention anything about even how a result is determined or something though  

 

"This is the scene and this is happening in xxxx rooms all over Iowa!"

 

Yeah, but then what? Are these all separate things? Or more logically, are the votes of everyone in Iowa put together and counted to determine which one person is the winner?

[Agger 1,611]

And we're getting results 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/election/2020/state/iowa

[dcro 10,193]

Yeah, I learned NOTHING from that video.

[heywoodu 13,821]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

Yeah, I learned NOTHING from that video.

To win, you've got to pull a teenage girl to your side of the room, apparently. Which sounds like an awfully bad idea that could get you in some trouble.

[Olympian1010 7,659]

55 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Well that's a start of an explanation and it seems freaking weird  It doesn't mention anything about even how a result is determined or something though  

 

"This is the scene and this is happening in xxxx rooms all over Iowa!"

 

Yeah, but then what? Are these all separate things? Or more logically, are the votes of everyone in Iowa put together and counted to determine which one person is the winner?

 Here’s a very simplified explanation: Step 1: Doors Close at 7PM (people can show up a few hours before and get seated, or talk to their follow voters) Step 2: Roll is taken (they count how many voters at that Caucus have showed up (some have 30, some have 2000). Of those voters candidates need at least 15% support at that Caucus receive some delegates in the overall race (circa 1600 delegates up for grabs in total) Step 3: First preference vote (everyone votes for the candidate they want, votes are counted, some candidates are declared viable (meaning they can receive delegates)) Step 4: Second Preference Vote: (Only voters from non-viable candidates participate in this step. They can move to support a viable candidate, or they can make one of the non-viable candidates viable. Votes are counted again). Step 5: The votes from the second preference vote are put into a highly complicated math formula that determines how many delegates each candidate gets from one location. Step 6: Iowans can’t do the math, make an app that works, or use a telephone, so we all go to sleep while they figure out to make their shity system work.

[Agger 1,611]

43 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Well that's a start of an explanation and it seems freaking weird  It doesn't mention anything about even how a result is determined or something though  

 

"This is the scene and this is happening in xxxx rooms all over Iowa!"

 

Yeah, but then what? Are these all separate things? Or more logically, are the votes of everyone in Iowa put together and counted to determine which one person is the winner?

 

Okay. This one is better

 

 

As @Olympian1010 says it's slightly complicated. Every single precinct elect a number of delegates (mainly based on size) to go to the local county conventions and select delegates for the District conventions (where between 5 and 8 delegates for the Party convention are selected per district) and the state convention selecting another 14 delegates). 

 

Basically 27 delegates are selected by their districts to represent the votes in the districts while the other 14 represents the state in total. But the way it's selected means that it may not completely be representative)

[Olympian1010 7,659]

23 minutes ago, Agger said:

And we're getting results 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/election/2020/state/iowa

Bernie!!!!! I’d be okay with Buttigieg too. Anyone but Biden or Klobuchar.

[heywoodu 13,821]

That is so weird  

 

Even weirder is one of those videos mentioned it's a 'tradition' from 1970, it sure sounds like they made a typo there and it should be 1790  

[dcro 10,193]

10 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Bernie!!!!! I’d be okay with Buttigieg too. Anyone but Biden or Klobuchar.

 

You have a problem with Slovenian women in the White House dude.