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 »
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 »
In Iowa entrance poll, Buttigieg shows broad-based appeal; Biden, not so much
Broad-based appeal lifted former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg in the Iowa Democratic caucuses while younger participants, strong liberals and issue-focused voters pulled for Sen. Bernie Sanders. Former Vice President Joe Biden ran well among seniors in the ABC News entrance poll, but struggled mightily in some key groups, […] Read more »