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For anyone else wondering, in 2012 Iowa went from winner-takes-all to proportional representation so Bernie and Hillary might get the same number of delegates.
Is that the case for republicans as well?
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
Since I'm not allowed to downvote stories I'll just comment here without to help push it off the front page. :)
I was confused for a second there; @jdminhbg is quoting the HN guidelines
I like FiveThirtyEight's live blogging.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/iowa-caucus-presidenti...

The 19 January 2016 analysis from FiveThirtyEight, "Beware A GOP Calendar Front-Loaded With States Friendly To Trump And Cruz," about how the delegate rules in different states mean that a leader at this stage of the race may not win the Republican Party nomination is also helpful for perspective on the campaign.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/beware-a-gop-calendar-f...

And now that results are coming in, FiveThirtyEight's post "Four Roads Out Of Iowa For Republicans" is looking downright prescient.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/four-roads-out-of-iowa-...