tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post6481310219214417689..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Democratic Party Iowa Vote Total: under 1,500 votes -- 1,500 votes -- 1,500 votes: Did the Democratic Party Just Implode in Iowa? Hunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-15209696615426678412016-02-05T02:01:39.775-05:002016-02-05T02:01:39.775-05:00Des Moines Register calls for audit of Iowa result...<b>Des Moines Register calls for audit of Iowa results: 'Something smells in the Democratic Party'</b><br /><br />Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/des-moines-register-audit-iowa-results-218731#ixzz3zH5Jq04I<br />Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-61149288915457488792016-02-02T01:32:05.389-05:002016-02-02T01:32:05.389-05:00"So again, we have a transparency problem. Wh..."So again, we have a transparency problem. Why?"<br /><br />A transparency problem regarding Dems and vote counts you say? And you wonder why? As they used to write in my old books, We will leave that as an exercise for the reader. :-DMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313126346690548284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-19261783279421860612016-02-02T00:32:06.469-05:002016-02-02T00:32:06.469-05:00
You are correct. But to calculate SDEs--at some ...<br /><br />You are correct. But to calculate SDEs--at some point--you have to count actual votes cast -- else there is no way to apportion the party delegates. Right? Also, this process leaves us no way to compare the number of votes cast in this primary with prior Iowa primaries on the Democratic Party side.<br /><br />By contrast, the Republicans just report vote totals.<br /><br />So again, we have a transparency problem.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />SethSeth Barrett Tillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597182448693278803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-90832826406485602902016-02-02T00:19:03.693-05:002016-02-02T00:19:03.693-05:00The democrats aren't counting actual human vot...The democrats aren't counting actual human votes, the votes are being tallied as state delegate equivalents or SDE's. So there's only about 1500 state delegate equivalents statewide. It's like electoral votes versus popular votes. Reagan got 523 votes or so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com