Official Iowa Caucus Results Thread

[J. J.]

49 precincts out.

[California8429]

At this point isn't Santorum a winner no matter what considering where he was a week ago?

[Joe Biden 2020]

I wanted to be in bed by midnight.

Forget it, maybe midnight Iowa time!!

[Likely Voter]

Fox says no recounts in IA caucus

[tmthforu94]

They're holding the last 10 precincts in Dubuque to make sure Romney wins this.

[NVGonzalez]

I wanted to be in bed by midnight.

Oh the benefits of living in the west.

[Lief 🗽]

I have to say well done to all of Santorum's surrogates, he's doing far worse in the entrance poll than the real thing. Unless there's some conspiracy either they overpolled Paul supporters or his support wasn't as dedicated as it was 4 years ago.

By the end of the week, boxes and boxes of Paul ballots will wash up on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico.

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109 vote lead for Santorum. Most precincts yet to report are in Romney counties.

[Torie]

Looks like most of the remaining precincts are in Romney counties, so I'm going to bed assuming he pulls ahead at the last minute.

It doesn't matter much to Rick whether he wins or loses by a hair. He is now well positioned to be the un-Romney. Mitt getting in first is worth a nickel or two, but the main action is about the un-Romney. Newt seems to be self destructing more rapidly than even I assumed. Thank heavens Perry will dump a ton of money into SC, potentially letting Mittens slip though as the winner based on the tidewater vote.

[J. J.]

They're holding the last 10 precincts in Dubuque to make sure Romney wins this.

I think you might be right.  

[Joe Biden 2020]

According to Erin Burnett on CNN, Bachmann is in it until South Carolina and is flying there first thing tomorrow.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Paul has conceded I am pretty pissed. Well, Phil, rub it in You deserve it!

[NHI]

109 vote lead for Santorum. Most precincts yet to report are in Romney counties.

[Torie]

According to Erin Burnett on CNN, Bachmann is in it until South Carolina and is flying there first thing tomorrow.

Well she can pitch in to siphon off some votes too in SC (won't be many though). Go Michelle! 

[Jerseyrules]

Paul has conceded I am pretty pissed.

[Reaganfan]

Fantastic night for Senator Santorum!

[California8429]

With the same amount of votes in, CNN has Gingrich at 13% and Fox has him at 14% online...

[tmthforu94]

Well, if Huntsman wasn't in the race, Romney would be winning right now, more than likely. He's received 700 votes.

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Santorum +113

[Lief 🗽]

Hopefully the conservatives coalesce behind Santorum now, to defeat the Mormon.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Santorum leads by 113 with 96% reporting.

[RogueBeaver]

Congrats Phil.

[Joe Biden 2020]

According to Erin Burnett on CNN, Bachmann is in it until South Carolina and is flying there first thing tomorrow.

Well she can pitch in to siphon off some votes too in SC (won't be many though). Go Michelle!  

Bachmann is determined to force me to vote for Barack Obama, heh?  Because, he's still my second choice behind Mittens.

[doktorb]

29,017 - Santorum
28,908 - Romney
25,092 - Paul
15,622 - Gingrich

[President von Cat]

I'm not sure why Romney fans are so excited.

1. Romney is basically going to tie Rick Santorum, a guy who was going nowhere as soon as last week. People are so desperate to not have Romney that they fueled Santorum to the top. Are you really going to celebrate that?

2. Romney didn't improve on his 2008 record, and he's only in 1st is because so many folks split the social conservative vote. With no Perry or Bachmann (who now have no chance), Santorum would be up by nearly 20% more.

3. The race gets harder for Romney now, because tonight's losers are as good as gone, and their support will undoubtedly shift to Santorum.

Once again...Romney barely paid attention to Iowa this time, and is extremely close to winning it. NO Republican has ever won both Iowa and New Hampshire. Romney is going to have a ton of momentum if he comes out the winner in both states.

Forgive me, but I'm unimpressed.

Romney ignored Iowa and would have been totally crushed again by the social conservatives if they hadn't divided up the vote four different ways. Instead, he's going to fall into second place, with a similar vote share to 2008, after running as the inevitable front runner for four years.

As Santorum is going to win tonight, once again no Republican will win both Iowa and New Hampshire. And what is that they say about whoever wins South Carolina?