The muddle was still the message even after the Iowa Democratic Party finally released partial results from Monday night’s caucuses following an agonizing and unprecedented delay. … Even if the final numbers, or the order of finish among the candidates, shift somewhat when the last votes are released, one large […] Read more »
Iowa Democrats drawn to two faces of change
Iowa Democrats were drawn to two faces of change. After a daylong delay, partial results from the state’s Democratic caucuses showed Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, with a narrow lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. … Among Sanders’ supporters, 88% said it was more important to […] Read more »
Iowa caucuses did one thing right: Require paper ballots
Paper ballots – the key to reconstructing what happened in Iowa. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Herbert Lin, Stanford University As the confusion that was the Iowa caucuses unfolds, there will be a lot of questions about what happened and how to avoid it in the future. But the results, ultimately, […] Read more »
A boost for Buttigieg and concerns for Biden and Warren
One state down, and many states to go. In one respect, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg “won” the Iowa caucuses Monday evening regardless whether he finishes first in delegates or in the popular vote. … Veteran pollster Gary Langer described Buttigieg’s performance in the Iowa caucuses entrance poll as […] Read more »
Winston Group Democratic Primary Debate Report – Through CNN/Des Moines Register
With the next Democratic Primary Debate happening this Friday in New Hampshire, we are releasing our report of the Democratic Primary debates to date. Which topics have been covered the most, and who has had the greatest amount of speaking time? Check out these numbers and more, compared across the […] 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 »