Iowa Caucuses: Ted Cruz Wins, Clinton and Sanders Virtually Tied.

Trump and Cruz are neck and neck right now.
http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/states/ia/Rep

It's looking like Cruz might take this one.

And the party leaders weep.

I kinda feel sorry for Bush. It's showing him at around 2% right now which is really low.

He's behind Rand Paul and Ben Carson which can't feel good, but hey politics is rough.

To be fair, people like Jeb hardly ever win Iowa because it has an unusually evangelical population. And really, winning Iowa isn't particularly indicative or who's going to win the race. If it didn't generate some momentum/money as the first caucus, no one would give it a second thought.

From what I've read, Bush is placing all his hopes and dreams on winning South Carolina.

I'm going to say I was wrong earlier, and that Cruz is going to win. He's suddenly up by 500 something votes.

Sanders is creeping up...!

It's going to be damn close

@Serraph105: If it makes you feel any better, the delegates are awarded proportionally in this one.

Looks like Iowa goes for the most disgusting unlikable person Cruz on the republican side and a narrow win for Clinton on the democratic.

So it looks like Trumps voters are staying home

Really? So Trump may get around 13 delegates and Cruz 17, or something like that. I'm wondering how Trump will be seen from here on out though if he is no longer seen as a winner. Perhaps Rubio's 3-2-1 placings could happen after all.

I've been wondering, the 22% in the top right(ish) means 22% of the votes are in correct?

Correct. Some of the party rules get a little complicated, so I'm not sure how rounding occurs in Iowa and whether the "really low" candidates get to keep any (Democrats, for instance, determine on the floor if a candidate like Omalley is "viable" and, if not, tell his voters they are free to vote for someone else or have their votes anulled). So each of Cruz and Trump could get as little as 10 each (30% of the 30 total available), or something like 11/13 as they net the lowest scoring candidates' percentages as well. It all depends on the little rules for this state/party combination.

Regardless, Trump and Cruz will end up with roughly the same number of delegates from this race unless the percentages change significantly.

Becarefull not putting to much into the Iowa caucus , in 2012 where Romney later took the win to be the republican candidate, Iowa picked Rick Santorum in 2012 and Huckabee in 2008. Both got beat pretty bad.

So "winning" Iowa can later prove to be a sign that they do not win the nomination.

This number does, yes:

est. % in: 50%

50% are in.

Edit: Doh, that's for the Democrats. I've been switching back and forth. Republicans have 25% in.

51 49

Just checked the Democrats and damn it's close. Closer than it was a while ago, but Clinton's still winning by a 2% margin. With only 63% in though there may yet be an upset.

Remember that even though it says 64% and now 43% the count in many area´s is not in yet, so even though Cruz seem to take the 2 biggest , they are still counting there.

And it looks like Rubio is coming on strong and may even beat Trump for 2nd.

@Jacanuk: Right, I totally understand. It's precinct based.

Yep

Oh, and poor Malley , he really gets to feel the burn tonight, i am almost sure that he will withdraw and go support clinton, even tho he is the candidate that no one cares about :D

@Serraph105: Ah, now they've got the "locked up" delegate count up. Cruz, Trump, and Rubio each have 5. Carson has 1.

14 to go!

lol O'malley's got 1% again.

New York times results are ahead of CNN

Bernie is 1.3 % behind

Looks like common sense is prevailing. Trump is an entertaining character but Rubio is the best shot a Republican has to win the whole thing and it looks like a lot of Trump voters realized it and switched at the last minute.

http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/01/06/new-hillary-emails-reveal-true-motive-for-libya-intervention/

Bush 2.0

Cruz won today. Thats great news. I think Cruz is the Republicans best shot to win.

Hopefully not.

Cruz is worse than Trump , he is unliked even among his own party. He is so hated that if he did secure the whole nomination , Clinton/Sanders would win by a landslide.

.2% holy shit!

I think Rubio is the best shot. He's by far the most likable candidate from either party who actually has a chance to win.

@Chozofication: Yeah I know, CNN actually has them tied at the moment. Effing crazy.

no, he just looks less crazy next to trump.

I did say both Clinton vs Sanders would be good but I didn't expect this to be a very close tied.

So a nutjob wins over another nutjob, does this make me feel better? No. Ted Cruz is a hardline conservative and the GOP doesn't even like him because of his antics in Congress. But even then, the fact that Donald Trump was in second place is still depressing an omen on this country and the GOP.

As for Hildog vs Bernie Burn Sanders vs Martin O' what's-his-name, I'm surprised how close it was for Sanders and Clinton and it's still close even with Clinton in the lead. Will there be an upset? Who knows. Anyways, may the best woman win.

Which is still more sane than Hillary or Bernie.

thats an improvement imo

I was hoping for Rubio/Sanders, but I'd say that even if they don't win (or in this case, Sanders) it definitely is a morale boost for both of them.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/01/politics/martin-omalley-to-suspend-campaign/index.html

You mean he is done.

He has always been running up hill on a Sisyphus task

What I don't understand is, why is Ted Cruz running for President when he isn't even born in this Country? Can we vote for Ah-nold Schwarzenegger in the next election?

Holy crap, I know there is still more to go, but Hillary and Bernie are within three votes of each other!

Man I wish Romney had ran again this time. Cruz is just pitiful.

I'd take Paul Ryan over Romney. Paul Ryan seems to want to get things done in Congress, which remains to be seen, but I like his enthusiasm, more so than I thought of him in 2012.

O snaps, the Canadian won Iowa.

I remember the Paul Ryan budget basically being crap, and it really hurt the republicans that voted for it (among republicans that is) for a short time. It was massive cuts to the social safety net which was "paid for" by massive tax cuts for the rich.

Republicans always seem to look out for the people who can pay them the most.

He stands no chance in the general election.

As long as he ain't Kenyan, it's okay.

lol

Bernie's at 666 votes. He's a bit of a beast. :P