Friday, January 4th, 2008
In the words of Nelson Muntz, “HA-HA!”
John Aravosis points out something hilarious about the Iowa caucus results:
Huckabee won Iowa with nearly 36,000 votes.
Hillary lost Iowa, and came in 3rd, with 29% of the vote. A projected 220,000 people turned out to vote in the Democratic caucuses, meaning Hillary got 29% of those voters, or an estimated 63,800 - nearly twice the number of votes that Huckabee got. (Actually, the Des Moines Register’s latest numbers show Hillary getting just over 67,000 votes, so I was right.)
So our 3rd place candidate beat their first place candidate by almost a factor of two. Not sure what it means, but it’s funny as hell.
Just like Timmeh’s assertion that a large number of independents caucusing with the Dems this time around bodes ill for the party of Commander Codpiece, it’s another nail in the coffin of the Rethuglicans’ 2008 chances, that’s what it means.*
But it’s damn funny to watch.
* I hope.
