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	Comments on: The Iowa Caucus Coin Toss: What happened and what it means	</title>
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		By: MikeN		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MikeN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 21:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think you have missed some details that makes it a bit closer.
I could be wrong about this as I can&#039;t find details anywhere.

Premise 1: It looks like 2 national delegates were awarded to Hillary for winning the state.  I have seen reports of 24-21 and can&#039;t reconcile that with the 44 total.  If it is 23-21, then this would mean &#039;winning&#039; changed it from 23-21 Bernie to 23-21 Hillary.

Premise 2: The state delegate equivalents reported is 701-697, and breaks down to about 700.7 to 697.3.
So 700-698 is easy to see based on coin flips.  

Premise 3: The coin flips are not 6-0 Hillary, as there is video of Sanders winning at least 1.  So the odds have gone from 1 in 64 to one in 16, and talk of rigged coin flips are ridiculous.  I haven&#039;t seen anything about 12 flips, or what the split is.

Premise 4: Other voting irregularities occurred, costing Bernie county delegates.  There is reportedly one precinct caucus that had just one person, who supported Sanders.  The precinct result was one delegate for Hillary.  There are other cases like that.  

Premise 5: It is possible for the other county delegate discrepancies to add up to a result that would be 699-699 tie.

Premise 6: Bernie leads the popular vote in Iowa that has not been reported.  I saw CNN giving county vote totals on Election Day, so I&#039;m not sure why they don&#039;t just add them up.  It is possible these numbers represented something else.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you have missed some details that makes it a bit closer.<br />
I could be wrong about this as I can&#8217;t find details anywhere.</p>
<p>Premise 1: It looks like 2 national delegates were awarded to Hillary for winning the state.  I have seen reports of 24-21 and can&#8217;t reconcile that with the 44 total.  If it is 23-21, then this would mean &#8216;winning&#8217; changed it from 23-21 Bernie to 23-21 Hillary.</p>
<p>Premise 2: The state delegate equivalents reported is 701-697, and breaks down to about 700.7 to 697.3.<br />
So 700-698 is easy to see based on coin flips.  </p>
<p>Premise 3: The coin flips are not 6-0 Hillary, as there is video of Sanders winning at least 1.  So the odds have gone from 1 in 64 to one in 16, and talk of rigged coin flips are ridiculous.  I haven&#8217;t seen anything about 12 flips, or what the split is.</p>
<p>Premise 4: Other voting irregularities occurred, costing Bernie county delegates.  There is reportedly one precinct caucus that had just one person, who supported Sanders.  The precinct result was one delegate for Hillary.  There are other cases like that.  </p>
<p>Premise 5: It is possible for the other county delegate discrepancies to add up to a result that would be 699-699 tie.</p>
<p>Premise 6: Bernie leads the popular vote in Iowa that has not been reported.  I saw CNN giving county vote totals on Election Day, so I&#8217;m not sure why they don&#8217;t just add them up.  It is possible these numbers represented something else.</p>
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		By: Ole Phat Stu		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/02/03/the-iowa-caucus-coin-toss-what-happened-and-what-it-means/#comment-467932</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ole Phat Stu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 06:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FWIW, I have described here 
http://www.savory.de/blog_feb_16.htm#20160203 
how to get a fair result despite using a biased coin :-)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FWIW, I have described here<br />
<a href="http://www.savory.de/blog_feb_16.htm#20160203" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.savory.de/blog_feb_16.htm#20160203</a><br />
how to get a fair result despite using a biased coin 🙂</p>
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		By: Raucous Indignation		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raucous Indignation]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Greg, are the caucuses open to the non-voting, out-of-state public? This sounds very peculiar to me, and I want to see it in practice!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greg, are the caucuses open to the non-voting, out-of-state public? This sounds very peculiar to me, and I want to see it in practice!</p>
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		By: Desertphile		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 15:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Good! Bloody! *GODS!* Good thing the process is so logical, intelligent, stream-lined, and efficient....

I don&#039;t object to the coin toss: I think it is a fair and logical solution.

Some people reported that there were &quot;about 12&quot; coin tosses, six going to Ms. Clinton and &quot;about six&quot; to Sanders.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good! Bloody! *GODS!* Good thing the process is so logical, intelligent, stream-lined, and efficient&#8230;.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t object to the coin toss: I think it is a fair and logical solution.</p>
<p>Some people reported that there were &#8220;about 12&#8221; coin tosses, six going to Ms. Clinton and &#8220;about six&#8221; to Sanders.</p>
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