The delegates are awarded on a proportional system
Cacus
Michele Bachmann is the only candidate that gave up because of the Iowa caucus.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 4 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. Therefore, Iowa has 6 electoral votes.
John McCain received 0 electoral votes in Iowa, losing Iowa's 7 electoral votes to Obama whom received 828,940 votes compared to McCain's 682,379 votes.
Iowa cast its 7 electoral votes for Barack Obama in the 2008 election.
John McCain received 682,379 votes, losing Iowa's 7 electoral votes to Obama whom received 828,940 votes.
In the 2012 Iowa Caucuses, Mitt Romney was the victor with 25% of the total voters, or 30,015 votes. However, he only won by 8 votes! Rick Santorum came in a close second with 30,007 votes, or 25% of the total voters as well. Ron Paul was also not too far behind with 22% of the votes, or 26,219 total. In fourth place was Newt Gingrich with 14% of the votes, or 16,251. In fifth place was Rick Perry with 11% of the votes, or 12,604 votes. In sixth place was Michele Bachmann with 5% of the votes, or 6,073 votes. She later announced that she was dropping her candidacy as a result of the Iowa Caucuses. In seventh place came Jon Huntsman who got less than 1% of the votes, a total of 745. However, this was expected because Huntsman did not campaign in Iowa.
Iowa controls 6 votes in each of the U. S. Presidential/ Vice-Presidential Elections of 2012 through 2020.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 4 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. Therefore, Iowa has 6 electoral votes.
No, it is not. The Iowa Caucus awards delegates proportionally.
Mitt Romney received 730,617 votes to Barack Obama's 822,544 votes, losing the state's 6 electoral votes.
No delegates vote. Party voters don't "vote". They are counted. And the delegates sent to the convention in Denver from Iowa for each candidate depends on how many supporters they had at the caucus. Furthermore, the delegates are already handpicked by the candidates.