{"id":61419,"date":"2024-01-16T16:42:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=61419"},"modified":"2024-01-16T16:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:42:26","slug":"trump-iowa-the-headlines-the-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=61419","title":{"rendered":"Trump! Iowa! The headlines! The reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

I will be brief.<\/p>\n

I just read this NYT headline: “5 Takeaways From Trump\u2019s Runaway Victory: Donald Trump crushed Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley and also benefited from their close battle for second.”<\/p>\n

Well, perhaps we should investigate what “runaway victory” means.<\/p>\n

Total votes: 110,298.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump’s total: 56,260.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Registered Republicans in Iowa: 752,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Registered Republicans who did not vote: 641,702<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Are you impressed with the runaway crush? Yes? In that case, I will pull out my little calculator to investigate what these crushing numbers mean.<\/p>\n

What percentage of Iowa Republicans voted? 14.667%<\/strong><\/p>\n

What percentage of those Iowa Republicans voted for Trump? 7.481%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who got crushed?<\/p>\n

Or is this…meh? No. Less than meh.<\/p>\n

What is the value of meh? I have no idea. You’re asking someone who can’t figure out the differential between team points in an NFL game.<\/a><\/p>\n

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I will be brief. I just read this NYT headline: “5 Takeaways From Trump\u2019s Runaway Victory: Donald Trump crushed Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley and also benefited from their close battle for second.” Well, perhaps we should investigate what “runaway … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10207,4789,1095,1175,2902,1265],"tags":[5198,2434,10460,5473,10459],"class_list":["post-61419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indicting-trump","category-political-campaigns","category-politics","category-the-facts-of-life","category-trump-stuff","category-voting-rights","tag-iowa-caucuses","tag-nfl-football","tag-nikki-haley","tag-ron-desantis","tag-trump-in-iowa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t