Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
In terms of delegate counts for the candidates, it definitely matters who wins IA...and most other states. Winning IA may not be a good predictor of who will eventually win the nomination or go on to be president, but winning there definitely matters to the candidates.

And public support means dick if a candidate isn't nominated because the public that favored him/her didn't vote in a primary or attend a caucus.
Cruz’s 8 delegates make up 0.65 percent of what he would need to win the Republican nomination.
Trump and Rubio get 7 delegates each.
Iowa has never been as important as the hype of being the first election of the season.