1/x Interesting Iowa caucus results (with 62% reporting): 1. In the larger urban counties, Bernie and Pete ran roughly even, usually Sanders +2% Polk (Des Moines) (S +1.4%) Linn (Cedar Rapids) (S +1.8%) Scott (Davenport) (P +2.1%) Pottawattamie (Council Bluffs) (S +1.7%)
2/x In the Des Moines metro affluent suburbs and exurbs, Pete dominated Sanders, with Sanders offen dropping to 3rd or 4th: Dallas (P +20.3%) Jasper (P +10.7%) Warren (P +19.7%) Madison (P +18.0%)
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3/x Conversely, Sanders mostly dominated counties with mid-sized blue collar towns (YMMV what cities@fall in this group): Muscatine (S +9.9%) Marshall (S +5.3%) Woodbury (S +10.7%) Clinton (P +2.5%) Dubuque (P +2.9%)
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4/x Bernie also dominated Pete in the two biggest state college towns (Iowa City and Ames) with Warren a close second in both (numbers are Sanders v. Pete): Johnson (S +12.7%) Story (S +13.5%)
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5/x Rural counties are interesting, with both Pete and Bernie generally doing well. I suspect a lot of non-reporting precincts are rural, so probably need to wait to see what develops.
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6/6 Overall, Bernie does well with the traditional base of blue collar workers and students. Pete does well with suburban voters. So do Democrats need to energize the base or win over suburban swing voters to beat Trump? (HINT—Both)
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