The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses were historic. They look to be the first caucuses in which at least four candidates reached or exceeded 15% of the vote. In fact, they mark the first time in any Democratic primary or caucuses that at least four candidates reached or exceeded at least […] Read more »
He complained about Democrats’ tech ‘morass’ — then built the Iowa app
The CEO of the tech startup at the center of the Iowa caucus debacle complained last year that critical parts of the Democrats’ election technology were a “shitshow” and a “tangled morass.” He said he wanted to fix things. CONT. Issie Lapowsky, Protocol Read more »
What We Know About The Democratic Primary After Iowa
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew considers how the results — so far — of the Iowa caucuses will affect the Democratic primary. The team also checks in on the campaigning underway in New Hampshire and debates the meaning of the Senate’s vote to acquit President Trump. FiveThirtyEight Read more »
What Happened in Iowa?
… The old caucus system lacked transparency, only “delegate equivalents” were given out, not the raw vote totals from each caucus site. This year the Iowa Democratic Party planned to report the popular vote winner, showing the math on how each precinct went from clusters of voters in a high […] Read more »
Don’t let the campaigns spin you about Iowa. Wait for the real results.
… Presidential campaigns aren’t unbiased election results providers, and the final, official counts will disprove at least one candidate’s spin. Democracy won’t die if the American people collectively wait a bit longer for election results from Iowa. CONT. David Byler, Washington Post Read more »
Seven Initial Thoughts on the Iowa Caucus Fiasco
It’s Tuesday morning and we still don’t know the outcome of the Iowa caucus. Acknowledging that all the facts haven’t come in yet, here are some of my initial thoughts: 1. Who runs “elections?” A caucus isn’t an election, of course, it’s an event run entirely by a party. Despite […] Read more »