Wait did we win delegates in Iowa?

[pulp8721]

If you look at wikipedia, there's a link to this article saying this:


Twenty-five delegates were at stake in the caucuses. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas came in third in the voting but was shut out of delegates because he didn't win any of Iowa's four congressional districts.
Romney and Santorum each won two congressional districts, and Romney was the statewide winner by a mere eight votes, according to final results announced early Wednesday by the Iowa GOP.


On CNN it's tied at 7 delegates each, at NBC has it 11-11-3. Which is it?

[jamezelle]

Like what has been stated before, these are just estimates and no one knows and no one will until June

EDIT: http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/IA-R see the greenpapers shows 6-6-6 for top 3 contenders, and see they are only soft totals(estimates)

[pulp8721]

But what about the part of winning congressional districts?

[sailingaway]

technically no one has any until the process is over months from now. However we have as much ability, theoretically, to pick up as many as anyone else. In FACT, Santorum is going to drop out, and we and Romney will both be trying to get his delegates. It is a process.

[sailingaway]

But what about the part of winning congressional districts?

If the winners didn't stick around after the beauty contest vote when actual delegates to the next stage of selection were chosen, winning the district does them no good.

[specsaregood]

But what about the part of winning congressional districts?
It's wrong and irrelevent. The straw poll ballots reported are completely non-binding, they are just for fun, entertainment, the media.

[pulp8721]

It's wrong and irrelevent. The straw poll ballots reported are completely non-binding, they are just for fun, entertainment, the media.

Well apparently the media's having a lot of fun because they're trying to single out Romney/Santorum as being the only winners. If the only places you can win delegates is in four congressional districts as in the artilce above seciribes, what's the point of linking delegates to popular vote proportions?

[sailingaway]

Well apparently the media's having a lot of fun because they're trying to single out Romney/Santorum as being the only winners. If the only places you can win delegates is in four congressional districts as in the artilce above seciribes, what's the point of linking delegates to popular vote proportions?

both greenpapers.org and CNN's site show Ron having as many as Santorum or Romney. Mind you CNN says they each have seven and greenpapers says they each have 6, but it doesn't matter since it is just an estimate.

[sailingaway]

http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/ia

http://i.imgur.com/e0ULl.png

[specsaregood]

what's the point of linking delegates to popular vote proportions?

its a helluva lot easier than explaining to the public that the straw poll they just took is completely meaningless?

and what wiki page are you looking at? you should provide a link.