Iowa Caucus Results Thread (pg 148 - full results)

[Roll Roons]

Despite ButtiPete „winning“ it, I hope they kill off the Iowa (and any other) caucus in 2024 and forever.

I hate caucuses. They are a big mess.

I bet they will. Harry Reid expressed support for Nevada switching to a primary. And I also think Democrats will pick another state to go first, which makes sense. Why have a very white and largely rural state set the tone when the Democratic base is neither of those things?

[Antonio the Sixth]

And on this, the 1-year anniversary of the Iowa caucuses, we remember a simpler time, back when we all thought that it was the worst thing that could possibly go wrong in the year 2020. Boy oh boy, were we in for a penny, in for a pound.

I was honestly in a much better emotional state during the early lockdown months than in February grinding through this mess. But I know my experiences are not universal.

[brucejoel99]

And on this, the 1-year anniversary of the Iowa caucuses, we remember a simpler time, back when we all thought that it was the worst thing that could possibly go wrong in the year 2020. Boy oh boy, were we in for a penny, in for a pound.

I was honestly in a much better emotional state during the early lockdown months than in February grinding through this mess. But I know my experiences are not universal.

Honestly, can relate.

I still remember when the biggest controversy here on Atlas for a couple days was who exactly "won" Iowa (whatever "winning" meant). IIRC, somewhere in the archive of either this or one of the many Iowa threads that was created as a result of the chaos was even you & I going at it pretty strongly over the delegates/raw popular vote differentiation, with some pretty petty insults thrown in too. Really sorry for my part in that, promise to never let the heat of a moment get the best of us & allow what should be a good-faith discussion to get that heated ever again.


EDIT: found it. Yeah, definitely one of my least proud moments here on Atlas:

P.S. stop praising those you agree with (e.g. "We really do need a preemptive ban on Americans posting in the international boards. People who actually know their stuff like Brucejoel can subsequently be let back in, of course.") only to then immediately turn on them by getting all snappy & mean when they happen to espouse a view that you may disagree with. By no possible stretch of the imagination does such behavior even come close to resembling an attractive quality, let alone actually being one.

I genuinely thought you were a better poster when I made that post (and I still think you made valid arguments in that thread, not going to deny that). I have now been disabused of that notion. Be assured I won't be making this mistake again.

[Antonio the Sixth]

And on this, the 1-year anniversary of the Iowa caucuses, we remember a simpler time, back when we all thought that it was the worst thing that could possibly go wrong in the year 2020. Boy oh boy, were we in for a penny, in for a pound.

I was honestly in a much better emotional state during the early lockdown months than in February grinding through this mess. But I know my experiences are not universal.

Honestly, can relate.

I still remember when the biggest controversy here on Atlas for a couple days was who exactly "won" Iowa (whatever "winning" meant). IIRC, somewhere in the archive of either this or one of the many Iowa threads that was created as a result of the chaos was even you & I going at it pretty strongly over the delegates/raw popular vote differentiation, with some pretty petty insults thrown in too. Really sorry for my part in that, promise to never let the heat of a moment get the best of us & allow what should be a good-faith discussion to get that heated ever again.

Oh yes, I do remember that. I appreciate your apology, and I'm equally sorry for my harsh words to you. In retrospect, this was a really stupid and petty thing to get so worked up about (who "wins" a state is a purely semantic question), but it really was a stressful time. I was also dealing with some personal stuff on top of the political drama, so that probably didn't help. Anyway, you're a good poster and I'm glad we see eye-to-eye more often now, and when we do disagree I'm confident we can have a productive exchange about it.