ST. PAUL, Iowa (for a night) — Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were the winners while Andrew Yang scored as well in an Iowa caucus in Minnesota’s capital city Monday night.
You read that right: An Iowa caucus was held in St. Paul, one of two dozen “satellite caucuses” the Iowa Democratic Party held throughout the globe — including Paris and Scotland — in a novel caucus equivalent of absentee voting.
In all, 32 Iowans currently located in Minnesota participated in the satellite caucus, held at the MLK Rec Center.
The group was heavily skewed toward youth, with a number of attendees saying they were attending college here or recently graduated and were living here but qualify as registered Democrats in Iowa.
A number said they had been planning to drive back to Iowa to attend caucuses — if absolutely necessary — but appreciated the local option.
“You never know what the weather is going to be like, so I was really excited when I heard about the satellite caucus here,” said Mallory Willett, whose trek to her family’s home in Lohrville would have taken at least four hours each way. “The one thing I’m a little bummed about is I won’t be able to caucus with my family. It’s kind of our tradition. But at least I can participate.”
As far as the impact of Monday night’s exercise, it’s real. Just like any other in-state Iowa caucus, the St. Paul event will be used to allocate delegates to candidates — via something called “delegate equivalents.” The final impact was difficult to determine Monday because of the complicated nature of allocating delegates and the fact that the party has never had satellite caucuses before.
Thus, the final results should be read as showings of relative strength among those attending.
FINAL RESULTS
Warren, a U.S senator from Massachusetts, led the final tally with 14 votes, earning her two delegate equivalents.
Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, tallied 11 votes, which also earned him two delegate equivalents.
In a surprise for even those who came to support him, Yang, a tech entrepreneur with little political experience, finished with seven votes, earning him one delegate equivalent.
KLOBUCHAR FALLS EARLY
Proximity to her home wasn’t enough for U.S. Sen. Any Klobuchar, who was knocked out in the first phase of huddling, along with former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Vice President Joe Biden.
The party’s 15 percent threshold for viability meant that five supporters were needed. Klobuchar got two; Mayor Pete got four; Biden got none.
YANG SURPRISE
In the first round of voting, Yang received exactly five votes — the minimum needed to remain viable.
For Lukas Pitzl, a medical student from Des Moines who was one of the original five “Yang gang” for the evening, the results validated his commitment to show up.
Before the event, he said, “I just feel strongly enough about Yang that it’s worth it to come out, even just to exercise my right.”
When it was over: “I’m pleasantly surprised,” Pitzl said. “I came here with a Plan B if he wasn’t viable. But we did it. And everyone in the Yang camp was needed. Every single one. It really reinforces the power of voting.”
IOWA CAMARADERIE
While Monday evening’s official agenda was exclusively political, a side benefit of the event quickly emerged.
“Oh my God, I know your brothers!” one woman could be heard exclaiming as she discovered that another attendee and she were connected back in the Hawkeye State.For Taylor Wertheim of Ottumwa, Iowa, a roomful of fellow Iowans was a welcome change.
“It’s nice to meet other people from Iowa, she said. “I’m just ‘the Iowa girl’ at work. Here, we’re all Iowans.”
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