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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Being a Carolinian, I saw this on the local news last night. There were also a significant number of votes (I don't remember the number they gave) from people who had moved out of state who "voted".
For those who said that it needs to be proven that a problem exists before legislating against it, does this qualify as a problem? Especially taking into account that Iowa was won by a MUCH smaller margin than this represents?
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The Iowa "election" was a caucus and not an election. No one won anything other than the right to say they "won" the Iowa caucus. The number of voters is very small compared to the number of registered voters in the state and the results of the caucus don't even translate to real live delegates. It's like comparing apples and bowling balls.
Also, stating that out of state people voted, you don't know how many, but it was "significant" is pretty much a meaningless statement. Statistics allow us to quantify want is actually "significant" so that when you hear a number that may or may not sound impressive, someone can actually scientifically tell whether or not it is. Random numbers mean shit.