I do not believe there was even one report that the preliminary Carson exit was ever mentioned at a caucus event. Even Steve King did not mention it when he gave a speech at a caucus. I seriously doubt nary a vote was changed.
“Nancy Bliesman, a precinct captain for Cruz in Crawford County, Iowa, told Breitbart News that she received two voice mails–one at 7:07 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST), and one at 7:29 p.m.–on the night of the Iowa caucuses, which began at 7:00 p.m.”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/04/ted-cruz-voicemails-ben-carson-exclusive-audio/
Whether you doubt a vote was changed or not doesn’t have any bearing on whether a vote was changed or not.
The campaign tried to do exactly that.
And it fits in with how Cruz behaved for the rest of the time.
People didn’t make an image of his head on a snake for nothing.
He has earned every bit of his low reputation and distrust.
I would not vote for this guy for any reason now, and I supported him totally when he first announced.
He’s come a long way down.
Carson’s wife was present at a caucus location. It was announced that her husband was suspending his campaign. Ms. Carson quickly corrected the record.
Carson won that caucus. If you doubt it, look it up. The events are well documented.
Iowa was bad form on Cruz’s behalf, no doubt. But, he had a strong chance of doing well in Iowa. No great surprise.
But, Here’s a huge shocker that is not easily rectified.
Maine is the second most liberal state in New England, with Massachusetts being the worst. Which party operatives cheated for Ted Cruz in Maine to win that Closed Caucus?
Cruz was polling third, behind Kasich at 21%. Trump won neighboring NH with triple the vote to Cruz, Bush, Rubio, etc.
Twirling for freedom gets a cup of chowder dumped on your head in Maine, not more votes. Forms of Christianity that are viewed as extreme, are not an asset. It’s a very odd win, that’s only understood from a state that’s known for cheating through it’s former primary elections. Must have been a phone call from Kennebunkport, that is all that figures.
Maine, for some odd reason was not releasing county by county statistics - which is key to tracking voter fraud.
In 2012, 6000+ voted for Ron Paul, the same candidate who trashed Cruz as a darn fraud.
In 2016, 8,550 voted for Cruz. He’s polling 17- 27%. Suddenly he spikes up to 46% of the vote? More votes were cast for Ted than had ever been cast in Maine before! Must be the plaid shirts, eh?
In 2016, Trump is surging for days with record turn out of new voters and polling nationally near >45%. In Maine, the OVERvote reduces his popularity to 33%.
Behind the scenes, there are hands desperately pulling the strings to manipulate this election. Much more than we know.
Possibly, Ted may not have known they intended to guarantee him the state of Maine. But with his internal polling, he would have been very shocked to win Maine. Note, there’s no exit polling as well since the discrepancy would have been completely unexplainable.