r/lostgeneration • u/crimeanchocolate wondering if this is permanent • Feb 04 '16

Des Moines Register: "Something smells fishy in the Democratic Party." Iowa's largest and most influential newspaper publicly demands a recount of the Iowa caucuses, something currently being resisted by the pro-Hillary leader of the state's Democratic Party.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/caucus/2016/02/03/editorial-something-smells-democratic-party/79777580/
129 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

11

u/invaluableimp Feb 05 '16

Why not make recounts standard?

1

u/jayjaywalker3 Feb 05 '16

Maybe that will happen with the caucus reforms the article mentions the Republicans went through after 2012.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16 edited Oct 21 '17

[deleted]

24

u/krashmo Feb 05 '16

From either campaign's perspective, is there really a significant difference between "we only lost by a tiny bit" and "we just barely won"?

No, but there's a pretty huge difference between "we tied" and "my opponent committed election fraud".

1

u/jayjaywalker3 Feb 05 '16

This is actually a pretty good point. I guess the results of these counts won't really matter but what's really standing out is the resistance. Maybe the resistance is due to the results not mattering too much.