I will be brief.
I just read this NYT headline: “5 Takeaways From Trump’s 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 victory” means.
Total votes: 110,298.
Trump’s total: 56,260.
Registered Republicans in Iowa: 752,000.
Registered Republicans who did not vote: 641,702.
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.
What percentage of Iowa Republicans voted? 14.667%
What percentage of those Iowa Republicans voted for Trump? 7.481%
Who got crushed?
Or is this…meh? No. Less than meh.
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.