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(24,411 posts)I live in Iowa and I attended the Republican caucus in my area.
There was a huge story here, because a precinct captain noticed that the votes for Romney and Santorum--that he sent to the county recorder---did not match. Romney's numbers were inflated. This precinct chair (his name is Edward True) saw the error and went public.
The Iowa Republican party and others attacked him. They denied the mistake. True had jotted down the votes in his precinct on a piece of paper. Others who were present verified his assertions.
Romney only won the Iowa caucus by a few votes. So, Santorum actually won.
However, the Republicans squelched that reality. They were buying time, until the NH and NC primaries were finished. Obviously, they didn't want Santorum having the Iowa caucus win--and the momentum that came with that--going into NH and NC.
It's just disgusting.
Our caucuses are so open. The process is so honest. Each precinct has everyone in a room. We raise our hands for the candidate we want. The numbers are tallied by several people who double, triple check the results. Then, the numbers are presented to a central office. It appears that the cheating was done by someone who increased Romney's votes in Edward True's precinct by 50 or so votes.
So, it doesn't surprise me that Santorum was winning, because he won the Iowa caucus.