Remember what CoffeeCat said

[Depaysement]

Early returns are from rural, redder counties favor HRC.

Be patient.

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. Exactly!

[NowSam]

2. Thank you

Good to know.

[virtualobserver]

3. the very last ones will have the incredibly long registration lines

[winter is coming]

6. Yup. We're likely to see Bernie's numbers continue to go up throughout the evening. n/t

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

10. I remember a half hour ago it was 53-46 now 51-48

[artislife]

4. Thanks!

Really, my stomach is in knots.

[xynthee]

5. Thanks for that! I'm a nervous wreck!

I'm really emotionally invested in a Bernie win here.

[Peregrine Took]

7. I broke out in a sweat...had to change my clothes. Got very depressed but now

I see that the first areas counted are the rural, red ones. I can catch my breath.

[Depaysement]

8. Johnson

Home of the U of I. Only 17.5% of the vote counted.

[Duval]

12. Yep! Had a hard time eating supper.

[Duckfan]

9. Anything to keep my blood pressure down helps

[elljay]

11. 51-48

If the final result is indeed 51-48, that's hardly a defeat for Bernie, though it will be spun as such. Let's remember that Iowa is not one of the most liberal states and that Hillary had a massive lead when the campaign began. This would still be a great result, though I'm hoping Bernie does pull it out when all the caucus votes are counted. Iowa is just the beginning of a very long road and we need to continue working even harder to put Bernie over the top.

More importantly, no matter whether you support Bernie or HRC, take a deep breath, think for a second about President Cruz or President Trump (and a second is about as long as a sane person can consider this without having a coronary) and commit to supporting whomever is the eventual Democratic nominee, whether you really want to or not, because you NEED to!

[Fast Walker 52]

14. indeed.

[Fast Walker 52]

13. was wondering about that, thanks

[Old Crow]

15. Thank you for the information.

I am on the edge of my seat.

Please-please-please, Iowa. Don't let us down!

[Depaysement]

16. You bet

Still too close to call

[Art_from_Ark]

19. The suspense is killing me

I couldn't get even a few minutes of sleep last night

[zentrum]

17. As of 7:41 PST

…Bernie had 20 delegates to HRC's 19! Isn't this really important?

Also, if she's ahead by only .9%, isn't that a loss politically even if it's a win technically? It's basically a tie. 86% of precincts reporting.

[Depaysement]

18. Now 21-19!

[Art_from_Ark]

20. How many delegates are there in all?

[Depaysement]

21. Sorry, not 40, but 44

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[fbc]

22. Just like a general election. Conservative results come in first