(Sorry about the delay in blogging – I lost power last night in the middle of a big post.  I called 911 a bunch of times like Governor Culver said, but for some reason they kept saying that I was blocking the lines for actual emergencies.)

A few days ago BH reader desmoinesdem had a great post on MyDD explaining the caucus system to people who don’t understand it.  The numbers from Iowa Progress are off by a little bit though – the central committee this year decided on a total of 2500 for the state convention, rather than 3000.  I’ve posted the projected county-by-county numbers in the extended text.  Note that these are actually state convention delegates, and on caucus night it is actually county convention delegates that are being elected.  That means that each delegate actually elected in a precinct is worth the total number of delegates elected in the county divided by the number of delegates alloted at the state level to the county for the state convention.  If that makes any sense.  🙂

County – Delegates

Polk – 358

Linn – 202

Scott – 142

Johnson – 137

Black Hawk – 117

Dubuque – 90

Story – 77

Woodbury – 68

Pottawattamie – 55

Clinton – 46

Cerro Gordo – 46

Des Moines – 41

Dallas – 39

Warren – 38

Jasper – 35

Lee – 34

Webster – 32

Marshall – 32

Muscatine – 32

Wapello – 31

Boone – 24

Benton – 23

Marion – 23

Bremer – 21

Jackson – 20

Buchanan – 20

Fayette – 18

Jones – 18

Winneshiek – 17

Poweshiek – 17

Cedar – 16

Clayton – 16

Tama – 16

Carroll – 16

Washington – 16

Floyd – 15

Jefferson – 15

Delaware – 15

Dickinson – 14

Henry – 14

Hardin – 14

Kossuth – 14

Hamilton – 14

Plymouth – 13

Iowa – 13

Chickasaw – 13

Mahaska – 13

Buena Vista – 12

Madison – 12

Clay – 12

Allamakee – 12

Butler – 11

Appanoose – 11

Crawford – 10

Wright – 10

Harrison – 10

Cherokee – 10

Mitchell – 10

Cass – 9

Union – 9

Guthrie – 9

Howard – 9

Hancock – 9

Winnebago – 9

Palo Alto – 8

Grundy – 8

Greene – 8

Clarke – 8

Worth – 8

Calhoun – 8

Shelby – 8

Keokuk – 8

Louisa – 8

Franklin – 8

Monona – 8

Emmet – 8

Sioux – 7

Page – 7

Mills – 7

Humboldt – 7

O’Brien – 7

Sac – 7

Lucas – 7

Adair – 6

Monroe – 6

Decatur – 6

Davis – 6

Montgomery – 6

Pocahontas – 6

Audubon – 5

Van Buren – 5

Fremont – 5

Wayne – 5

Taylor – 5

Ida – 5

Ringgold – 5

Lyon – 4

Adams – 3

Osceola – 3

Total – 2500