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By Farhad Manjoo [2008-01-03]
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  • Very cool

    Pretty awesome. One thing that totally blew me away was the difference between the number of democrats and republicans returning results. I mean, according to the map Huckabee is sitting at 35,401, while the Obama as the frontrunner Dem has only 4,558. Did I miss something? Are there just a crazy ammount of Repulicans in Iowa, or did none of the Dems bother to caucus? Maybe I'm just displaying my ignorance of the whole process, but it seems pretty bizarre to me.

    -- Rowyna
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    Thursday, January 3, 2008 08:36 PM

  • Different methods for parties

    Rowyna--

    I believe the opposite was true. The numbers were so large, and the process open enough on the Democratic side that it slowed down the whole process, whereas the streamlined process the GOP uses means the faithful could get in, have their precinct captains or the equivalent tell them who they were voting for, and leave.

    There were nearly twice as many participants on the Dem side as the GOP side last night. Which is a good thing in and of itself. :)

    -- Axordil
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    Friday, January 4, 2008 05:43 AM

  • Regarding the high GOP, low Dem numbers

    The numbers represent different things. For the GOP count, the numbers are votes. For the Dems, they represent "delegates," which are awarded to candidates according to voters in each location.

    -- Farhad Manjoo
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    Friday, January 4, 2008 08:39 AM

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