[Iowa-dx] Dem Caucus County analysis

[Hart, Holly J]

My sense (and I'mh also hearing this from Greeens aroudn teh country now) i=
s that, while people may not vote for our top-level candidates, they are mo=
re open to supproting us down-ticket, if the candidate is seen as viable  (=
i.e., with a reasonable chance of winning, voters are pragmatic).
As for the percentage of Repubs/Dems, I think areas where the Republicans a=
re strong and the Dems aren't trying are where we might also get a foot in =
the door.

I noticed Edwards doing well in south central Iowa - economically depressed=
 - ?  Hillary did well in Western Iowa (no speculation here), Obama in the =
rest of the state, especially student-populated areas.

Here are two caucus sites:

http://www.iowacaucusresults.com/ - is the official Dem posting site

Here is a map of the statewide results ...
http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=3Dhttp://www.google.com/mapfiles/=
mapplets/iowacaucus/iowacaucus.xml&utm_campaign=3Den






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Subject: [Iowa-dx] Dem Caucus County analysis

I think it's interesting to look at the way the individual counties voted, =
looking for green-friendly areas. Of course, we have self-selected Democrat=
s in this sample, an entire county might be 90% Republican and in that case=
, these results would not mean too much, but anyway...

>From data posted on the Des Moines Register web site Jan 3, 2008 approximat=
ely 10 PM, with 92% of precincts reporting.

Summary:

Where Edwards was strong, he was really strong (nearly 60%)

Where Obama was weak, he was really weak. (barely 6%)

It's late, I spent too much time on this already, otherwise I'd do the repu=
blicans too.

Good night.