There is a recently posted diary about the Sanders campaign and their strategy moving forward. Part of it discussed how similar 2008 Iowa numbers look to 2016. They're right, but only slightly. In October of 2007, the Des Moines Register poll put Clinton six points ahead of her nearest competitor (at the time John Edwards) and seven points ahead of Barack Obama.
The 2015 Des Moines register poll gave Clinton a similar seven point lead. Is Sanders poised to repeat 2008 history in Iowa?
The answer, simply, is no. There is no comparison to 2008, for many reasons we can look at below the fold. Sanders could win Iowa, but he won't do it based on a model of the 2008 race.
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