IOWA: Idiots Out Walking Around

“A total of 484 eligible caucus attendees were initially recorded at the site. But when each candidate’s preference group was counted, Clinton had 240 supporters, Sanders had 179 and Martin O’Malley had five (causing him to be declared non-viable),” said David Schweingruber, a sociology professor at Iowa State University, who was present at the caucus and explained the situation to the Des Moines Register.

The discrepancy prompted the precinct leaders to call a Democratic Party hotline, in order to find out how the situation should be handled. Despite having the latest technology at their disposal, the Democrat Party hierarchy decided the best course of action would be to go back to basics and settle the dispute with a coin toss!

  RT

So very, very much wrong with that. Begin with 240+179+5 = 484.

DES MOINES, Iowa — One of the most bizarre details to emerge from Monday’s Iowa caucuses was that in six Democratic counties, the ownership of six delegates was decided by a coin flip.

A single delegate remained unassigned at the end of caucusing in two precincts in Des Moines, one precinct in Ames, one in Newton, one in West Branch and one in Davenport, The Des Moines Register reported.

In all six instances, the coin toss was won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

There may have been more coin tosses, but those are the ones we know about for now.

Now, get ready to do some math.

  The Blaze

Noooooooooooooo!

Wouldn't it make more sense to wait until it's all over, count up all the precincts where there's a tie, and split the number evenly?  If there's an odd number, you could then flip your damned coin for just that one.

This, of course, is just one small incidence of what's wrong with this country's election system.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.