What Did — And Didn’t — Go Down In The Iowa Caucuses

Yeah, but who the hell cares about that, Micah? State delegate equivalents are dumb and there’s no need to use them, they bias the count toward rural areas, and they don’t really have any analogy in any other state (except Nevada).

Nate, to your complaint about emphasizing state delegate equivalents vs. initial preferences or reallocated preferences … aren’t S.D.Es the measure that’s been used in all previous Iowa caucuses?

Amelia, I agree that the partial information is the worst of both worlds at this point. If this had come out last night, I think the response would have taken into account the partial nature of the results. Instead, the media seem to be taking Buttigieg’s lead for granted at this point.