Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

2016 Postmortem

Attorney in Texas

(3,373 posts)

2. I love the fact that only half the "candidates leading the Iowa polls at this point went on to win."

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:07 PM

Dec 2015

Political junkies sometimes fool themselves into think that everyone is as interested (and gets as interested as early in the process) as fellow political junkies. In places where people actually do the voting, the process ramps up slowly.

Howard Dean in 2004, Clinton in 2008, Mitt Romney in 2008, and Herman Cain in 2012 all led Iowa at this point (six weeks before the caucus) and none of those poll leaders even came close to winning the caucus.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

6 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

I just fell in love with the Iowa caucus - [View all] hedgehog Dec 2015 OP

Here is video of an Iowa caucus in action, if you are interested CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #1

I love the fact that only half the "candidates leading the Iowa polls at this point went on to win." Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #2

It's not about not bothering to show up Beaverhausen Dec 2015 #3

If a person is a no-show because of problems such as you list, hedgehog Dec 2015 #4

Absolutely not Beaverhausen Dec 2015 #5

Good points. hedgehog Dec 2015 #6