Republican Iowa Caucus results thread (entrance poll @8pm ET)

[Nathan Towne]

Hi folks. I am checking back in. How is everything going to this point? Do we have any valuable information as of yet?

[Nathan Towne]

If turnout is abnormally high for the Republican ticket then I have to agree with Ted Bessell that that probably bodes very well for Trump. We did know coming in though that his voter base (along with Sanders) will be exceedingly motivated.

[Nathan Towne]

It really is remarkable what Trump has done to the Republican Party. Can't say that the party doesn't really deserve the shellacking that it has taken though. The anger and disappointment with the George W. Bush administration is still very potent I think.

[Nathan Towne]

By the way, I tried to get Realist's and Wulfric's attention on the primary maps thread. I wrote:

"I can see that two other users on this thread (Realist and Wulfric) seem to both be endorsing the Kasich campaign which is quite nice to see. As you are probably aware the campaign is really struggling, which is quite disappointing. Being that we are still polling around twelve percent in New Hampshire, I think that we are virtually on life support at this point. I don't see any viable way to be competitive in the state right now and if Kasich loses New Hampshire by fifteen to twenty points, then as far as reality is concerned, we are done."

I would be interested in you guys take on the situation.

[Nathan Towne]

May I just say, all in all, I am really happy with the way this turned out tonight.

[Nathan Towne]

Poor Carson. His campaign over the last two months has probably been the biggest implosion since the Hindenburg.

Or at least since Jeb!

[Nathan Towne]

Poor Carson. His campaign over the last two months has probably been the biggest implosion since the Hindenburg.

Or at least since Jeb!

Or Scott Walker

I agree. Scott Walker's campaign never even got off ground zero.

[Nathan Towne]

Well....what a night for Marco Rubio.

[Nathan Towne]

Cruz 47,510 28%  6 delegates

Trump 41,812 24%  5 delegates

Rubio 39,599 23%  5 delegates

Carson 15,919 9%  1 delegates

Paul 7,714 4%  0 delegates

Bush 4,787 3%  0 delegates

Kasich 3,264 2% 0 delegates

Fiorina 3,210 2%  0 delegates

Christie 3,050 2% 0 delegates

Huckabee 3,012 2%  0 delegates

Santorum 1,666 1%  0 delegates

Gilmore..............unlisted on CNN.com............

[Nathan Towne]

LOL, Huckabee and Santorum at the very bottom. Slight mood increase for Mr. Christie.

Hey Wulfric, I have been trying to get in touch with you on these threads. Our campaign (Kasich) is not doing very well right now.

[Nathan Towne]

LOL, Huckabee and Santorum at the very bottom. Slight mood increase for Mr. Christie.

Hey Wulfric, I have been trying to get in touch with you on these threads. Our campaign (Kasich) is not doing very well right now.

Meh, NH is what matters for Kasich/Christie/Bush

We are down by twenty points to Trump in NH at the moment though and Kasich has already attended over sixty town halls.

[Nathan Towne]

Bernie Sanders is utterly clueless.

[Nathan Towne]

Final numbers on AP:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2016/by_state/IA_Page_0201.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

Jim Gilmore got only twelve votes? Twelve?