Well, if he can claim he won and the media will run with it without any clear results, that works ok too.
Thinking all the way through here, any momentum buttigieg gathers in iowa and new hampshire will be lost is south carolina and nevada, and then bloomberg will be a factor competing for his voters on super teusday.
Buttigieg's path to the nomination is having it given to him by superdelegates if no one gets a majority.
If he claims to win and he loses he's basically fucked himself out of a political future. That would be monumentally stupid.
I understand that his chances are low regardless, but they're non-existent if he can't build a media narrative off of actually winning Iowa. That's been his plan from the start, and why he's sunk so much money into winning the state. It makes absolutely 0 sense to me that anyone thinks he would want to sabotage the caucus.
Thinking all the way through here, any momentum buttigieg gathers in iowa and new hampshire will be lost is south carolina and nevada, and then bloomberg will be a factor competing for his voters on super teusday.
Buttigieg's path to the nomination is having it given to him by superdelegates if no one gets a majority.