TehGuy
January 5th, 2008, 17:52
So, the American primaries are going on now; Just figured I'd see what everyone thinks about them. In case you haven't kept up, the Iowa caucuses are done with and the New Hampshire primaries are coming up January 8th.
For Democrats, Obama got 37.58% of the vote (16 delegates), next was Edwards with 29.75% (14 delegates), and then Clinton with 29.47% (15 delegates).
For Republicans, Huckabee came in first with 34.41% of the votes, followed by Romney with 25.23%, Thompson at 13.40%, McCain at 13.11%, Paul at 9.96%, and Guiliani at 3.45%.
Personally, I'm hoping Obama grabs the democrat's place on the ballot and winning in Iowa at least means he has a chance; He didn't really win much more than anyone else in terms of delegates, but both the media coverage and the fact that it shows the Clinton "machine" is stoppable should give him some momentum in the next few primaries.
As for republicans, I'm not too sure what to make of it all. I figured Huckabee would win Iowa (He's got Chuck Norris on his side after all) with Romney in second, but I didn't think Guiliani would do as poorly as he did. Granted, he did next to nothing in terms of campaigning there since he's got a different strategy (picking up bigger states later on); I guess only time will tell if his strategy will pan out for him. I thought it was funny that McCain had more votes than Paul seeing as how McCain didn't even campaign in Iowa.
Joe Biden and Chris Dodd both droppped out of their presidential bids (I like Biden, but he had no chance :cry2:)
So, what was everyone else think about the results of the Iowa Caucus? How about the upcoming primaries? Who are you hoping comes out on top? Is Hilary going to go downhill? Is Huckabee going to continue to surge?
One last thing: looks like Romney will be winning the Wyoming GOP caucus with 91% of the precincts reporting in thus far with 8 out of 12 delegates.
For Democrats, Obama got 37.58% of the vote (16 delegates), next was Edwards with 29.75% (14 delegates), and then Clinton with 29.47% (15 delegates).
For Republicans, Huckabee came in first with 34.41% of the votes, followed by Romney with 25.23%, Thompson at 13.40%, McCain at 13.11%, Paul at 9.96%, and Guiliani at 3.45%.
Personally, I'm hoping Obama grabs the democrat's place on the ballot and winning in Iowa at least means he has a chance; He didn't really win much more than anyone else in terms of delegates, but both the media coverage and the fact that it shows the Clinton "machine" is stoppable should give him some momentum in the next few primaries.
As for republicans, I'm not too sure what to make of it all. I figured Huckabee would win Iowa (He's got Chuck Norris on his side after all) with Romney in second, but I didn't think Guiliani would do as poorly as he did. Granted, he did next to nothing in terms of campaigning there since he's got a different strategy (picking up bigger states later on); I guess only time will tell if his strategy will pan out for him. I thought it was funny that McCain had more votes than Paul seeing as how McCain didn't even campaign in Iowa.
Joe Biden and Chris Dodd both droppped out of their presidential bids (I like Biden, but he had no chance :cry2:)
So, what was everyone else think about the results of the Iowa Caucus? How about the upcoming primaries? Who are you hoping comes out on top? Is Hilary going to go downhill? Is Huckabee going to continue to surge?
One last thing: looks like Romney will be winning the Wyoming GOP caucus with 91% of the precincts reporting in thus far with 8 out of 12 delegates.