Iowa Caucus News and Results

^{Originally posted: 17:20 Pacific; last updated: 22.15 Pacific}

If you can't wait until tomorrow to learn the results of this horse race, read on.

• This Google Map displays live news and events from across Iowa; both the Democratic and Republican parties are partnering with Google to present real-time caucus results.
• Or go straight to the horse's mouth, so to speak. Find GOP results and Democratic ones. Currently it's Clinton and Edwards with Obama a distant third; no one else in double digits. No news yet on the GOP site.
• Visit the Iowa Caucus YouTube channel.
• There is also live-blogging at Brave New Films.
• And a Twitter feed.

Update: 5.35 Pacific
Almost half the people at Brave New Films want Edwards to win tonight. He currently leads Clinton in polling; Obama shows gains. (144 precincts reporting) Still nothing on the GOP site. IowaVotes has Huckabee leading Romney.

Update: 6.02 Pacific
Almost half the people at Brave New Films still want Edwards to win tonight. Dems: Obama, 33%; Edwards, 32%; Clinton, 32%; 750 precincts reporting.

Still nothing on the GOP site for me. IowaVotes has Huckabee leading Romney. BNF reports: Huckabee, 36%, and Romney, 23%, with 15% reporting. Next: Thompson, McCain, Paul, Giuliani.

Update: 6.45 Pacific
It's almost over -- and it looks like Obama and Huckabee. Edwards is a much closer second than Romney; however, Clinton could still edge Edwards out of second place. Looks like second tier candidate supporters went for Obama wholeheartedly on the second vote. The GOP website still doesn't work and neither does the Google map.

Updated: 7.43 Pacific
CNN reports Dodd has dropped out.

Updated: 10.15 Pacific
AP reports record turnout: 220,588 Democrats, almost double the 124,000 in 2004, and 114,000 Republicans, compared to 87,666 in 2000.

For a first-hand look at how a large caucus vote played out, see Salon. I can attest that this aptly illustrates how the caucus system worked in Washington in 2004, although our precinct was not nearly this large nor the stakes so high.

^{Originally posted: January 03, 2008 @ 17:20 Pacific}