Buttegeig's apparent Iowa win built in large part on rural vote - Entrepreneur Generations

Los Angeles Times map shows margin of victory by county. Story has other good graphics.

Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttegeig carried most of Iowa's rural areas in his apparent victory in the state's Democratic presidential caucuses. That put him one-tenth of a percentage point ahead of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, in nearly complete results, delayed by problems with the party's count.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was eight points behind, at 18.2 percent, and former vice president Joe Biden at 15.8% and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar at 12.2%. The results, especially in rural areas, were damaging to Biden. "Joe Biden spent a lot of his time in rural areas," CNN political correspondent Arlette Saenz said Monday night.

Sanders won the popular vote, but Buttegeig got more state delegates because the party's delegate-allocation formula gives slight additional weight to rural precincts. NBC political correspondent Steve Kornacki said on Twitter of Buttigieg’s lead. “Basically, rural areas tend to get more bang for their buck at the expense of college-heavy areas.”

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