Buttload of Faith: the 2016 Presidential Primary Thread (Pt 2)

I'm realizing that I don't understand some of the basic mechanics of this system. Is there a good online resource that explains things like: exactly what a caucus is and how/why it differs from a primary, why the primaries/caucuses take place in the order that they do, how the results of these caucuses/primaries lead to the choice of the party's Presidential candidate, etc? (I gather that e.g. Clinton and Sanders won very close percentages of the vote in this caucus, with Clinton getting 22 delegates and Sanders getting 21: does this mean that at the party leadership convention, there will be 22 Iowa delegates who will vote for Clinton on the first ballot with 21 voting for Sanders? Or does Clinton get to count all of Iowa in her pocket because she got more delegates this time? etc.) It's probably high school civics class material but I don't always trust Wikipedia and I don't always find journalistic sources to be that clear.

Whoops, missed the new thread.

Nm, think I got it now.

rand paul is dropping out

a good note on which to close this thread. We're here now: I will keep doing, but not worth it! The 2016 Presidential Primary Voting Thread

Mods?

whoops, thanks! i'm so used to ctrl+f'ing "faith" when i have urgent political news

Who can find the betting odds on Reagan's dudes working through 2020? They'll be pushing 85 by then.

― service desk hardman (El Tomboto), Monday, January 25, 2016

thread still needs locking but i am happy to have scalia's death marked in every thread on the board tbh