Carrie Said:

Have the Iowa & New Hampshire primary results shaken your faith in election polls?

We Answered:

Polls predicted Kerry early on in the 04 election.

Kind of like predicting who's going to win the Superbowl, it all depends on which NE Patriots team is going to show up.

Those polled don't always vote as they claim, and might just change their minds too.

Yvonne Said:

Is ANYONE pleased with the results of the Iowa Caucus???

We Answered:

Hillary is not too far from votes that Edwards got.
Anyway, regardless of huge percentage Obama have over Hillary, He only got 2 delegates more than her. Hillary has over twice the amount of super delegates than him. Obama will have to win many states to actually beat Hillary. He will have to have repeat performance in New Hampshire and then South Carolina. Both New Hampshire and South Carolina are primary states , so Obama should not gloat too much over a caucus win tonight. After Florida and Michigan, Hillary will take it. As far as Edwards goes it is to Hillary's advantge for him to stay in cause he gets votes that would go to Obama if he were out.

Deanna Said:

What were the 2007 mayoral election results in Auburn, Iowa?

We Answered:

Auburn: Mayor, Linda L. Beidler 59, *Larry Stewart 28. Council (2), *Janelle King 48, Dustin Mead 54, Jason E. Stoffregen 12, Rachel Lee Wieland 42, write-in 2.

Mario Said:

Politically speaking, is it safe to say that what happens in Iowa stays in Iowa?

We Answered:

I think that depends on which party you're talking about. As for the Republicans, I feel comfortable answering yes--for the most part. Huckabee managed to get out the rural vote and win with it, but Romney dominated the eastern counties of the state including Johnson County, home of Iowa's flagship university, the University of Iowa. One might argue that this region is the intellectual hub of the state and will likely be more similar to New Hampshire. Mr. Huckabee has his work cut out for him there, as there is no ready supply of NH preachers instructing their parishioners to vote for him. I'm looking for him to be the one-hit-wonder of the election season. The only significant spill-over effect will be to make the race between Romney and McCain a little more interesting.

On the Democrat side, I think it would be naive to assume that the Obama win is not going to produce fallout for NH. If Hillary had come close to Barack (or at least come in second place!), then I don't think it would be a big deal. However, the shellacking that she received really demonstrates that nothing is in the bag. Even more concerning for the Clinton camp is the fact that Barack Obama seems to be a master at harnessing and amplifying momentum shifts. The fact that Senator Clinton realizes this is evident in that she spent today downplaying the importance of Iowa and denying that she ever had a chance there in the first place--simply not true. For nearly a year she had been a leader in almost every Iowa voter poll, until about two months ago when Obama managed to catch up and catapult past her with a decisive victory on Thursday.

One final note: Barack Obama dominated almost every region of Iowa with a major population center and high concentrations of educated Iowans, including Des Moines (the capital), Ames (home of Iowa State U), Iowa City (home of the U of Iowa), Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Davenport and Sioux City. While the entire state may serve as an iffy barometer, I think that those areas are more indicative of Mr. Obama's prospects for New Hampshire success.

Donald Said:

What was the biggest shock you had from the results of the election?

We Answered:

That Prop 19 in Ca. Failed by such a large margin.