 If a candidate failed to garner over 15% of the support at a particular site, all supporters at that site would be given the option to leave or join a different candidate.As votes were being tallied on caucus night, Edwards was in a tight battle for second place with Clinton, after major news agencies had projected that Obama had carried the caucuses.With 100% of the votes counted, Edwards was confirmed to have finished in second place during the Iowa Caucuses with 744 state delegates, approximately 30% of the state delegation  narrowly edging out Hillary Clinton's 737 State delegates, approximately 29% of the state delegation  Both lost to Barack Obama's 940 delegates, 38% of the state delegation.