I live here in Iowa, and was at my local caucus on monday night.
there was NO mention of this carson thing there...in fact, the first I heard of it was tuesday, on FR
I suppose that you can slice and dice the vote tallys and come to the conclusion that 4 flipped votes per precinct would have changed the election result, but I am here to tell you that this Carson thing was not a factor. If it was, it was not enough to flip the election to trump
repub caucus voters...(in IA, you have to be declared to vote in Caucus), turned out 180,000 strong across the state....that is a RECORD turnout for GOP in IA caucus. 40k more than the communist turnout, statewide.
trump finished 5k behind cruz. in my precinct, he came in third, behind cruz AND rubio.
rubio won most of the major urban centers, as did bernie. des moines, davenport, cedar rapids. that said, the rural voters turned out in droves, and overrode that, by voting for cruz and trump.
THAT is something that should be noted.
not trying to be a d^&$, just laying out some facts here, from being on the ground here in IA.
Do those in a caucus center know who someone is supporting after being inside the ‘building’ with them after a bit? Is there any milling around, any conversing?
How many people were at your local caucus? This lie was not only being spread verbally but via twitter. So you know personally that no one there got any information of this lie on their cell phone?
Ditto. There was no mention at my caucus either. I would guess very few precincts heard this rumor.