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“Trump won Iowa but only got 51% of the vote while 49% voted against him”

Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:39 pm
Posted by Cajunese
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
7186 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:39 pm
What’s with this narrative? I get turnout was low, but Trump also broke a record for the most votes in the Iowa Caucus by a Republican as well as the largest margin of victory.

Please educate me here. What am I missing?
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
31589 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:42 pm to
Democrats voting
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
63084 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

Please educate me here. What am I missing?



The people who say that really believe they can fool people enough to make them believe the race is still competitive.

Obviously, it's an absurd point.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80527 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:51 pm to
TDS
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
89817 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:51 pm to
Doesn’t matter, Trump is the Republican nominee.

Posted by tigger4ever
Member since Apr 2021
1498 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:59 pm to
Democrats changed their registration to Republican so they could vote for Hailey. Then they changed registration back to Democrat. That’s how sleezy Democrats are.
Posted by Swampcat
Member since Dec 2003
12710 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 10:34 pm to
Quit watching cnn
Posted by Plx1776
Member since Oct 2017
18634 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 10:34 pm to
It's like fans of the superbowl losing team mocking the winning team for not kicking their team's arse by a greater margin.
Posted by SEC. 593
Chicago
Member since Aug 2012
4400 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 10:38 pm to
If you look at it from the point of view that Trump is the de facto incumbent than he did under-perform. If you consider this as just a normal voting cycle than he did great.
This post was edited on 1/16/24 at 10:40 pm
Posted by Lou Pai
Member since Dec 2014
29595 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 10:44 pm to
The argument has been that he's a quasi-incumbent. That, and he has 100% name recognition. It is weird his number isn't higher and turnout wasn't very good, even with the weather. However most DeSantis voters will coalesce behind Trump. Would think at least half of Haley's would too.

That said, it is worrisome a sizeable portion (30%+) of caucusgoers said in an entrance poll that a felony conviction would dissuade them from voting for Trump. Guess we will see.
This post was edited on 1/16/24 at 10:45 pm
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
47194 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 10:47 pm to
CNN lies. Outright.
Posted by BombJamesBomb
Member since Jan 2024
78 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 10:48 pm to
You can safely bet 10-15% of "anti-Trump" vote were pussyhat wearing leftist vags.

Haley didn't win college area votes for no reason.
Posted by Azkiger
Member since Nov 2016
28170 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:00 pm to
quote:

What’s with this narrative?


Who is parroting this narrative?
Posted by stelly1025
Lafayette
Member since May 2012
10221 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:09 pm to
Trump skull fricked the entire field. There is some crazy coping going on right now.

Posted by PorkSammich
North FL
Member since Sep 2013
17609 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:17 pm to
Iowa was rigged.
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:18 pm to
quote:

Iowa was rigged.


This. It’s so obvious with the way Fox News called it so early.
Posted by Kujo
225-911-5736
Member since Dec 2015
6044 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:19 pm to
They went from 186,874 the 2016 Iowa caucus to 110,298.

10-15% of those would be 11-16K off the total.

I guess that means that only 50% of the Republicans that showed for the 2016 caucus felt compelled to vote in this one.

That would mean that only 13% of Registered Republicans in Iowa voted.
Posted by faraway
Member since Nov 2022
3819 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 3:44 am to
quote:

What’s with this narrative?
control by deception and destruction
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
29241 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:30 am to
The Sadvocate ran with that narrative after Jeff Landry won the Governor’s race in the primary.

“But 48 percent of voters chose someone else, plus only 30 percent of Louisiana voted!”
Posted by jbdawgs03
Athens
Member since Oct 2017
13955 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 5:02 am to
Morons like @kujo pushing it.
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