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    Iowa Democrats blame slow results on "quality checks"

    So, what's happening, really?

    The conclusive results on the Iowa Democratic caucuses are coming in later than expected tonight, with the state party reporting the need to do "quality checks."

    What's next: The Iowa State Democratic Party said... "The integrity of the results is paramount. We have experienced a delay in the results due to quality checks and the fact that the Iowa Democratic Party is reporting out three data sets for the first time."
    "What we know right now is that around 25% of precincts have reported, and early data indicates turnout is on pace for 2016."
    The Des Moines County Democratic Chair Tom Courtney is blaming election technology for the delay and calling a new caucus reporting app "a mess," AP reports.

    Why it matters: There's a real chance that different campaigns walk away with different types of "wins."
    • Most raw votes in the first round of voting
    • Most raw votes after the second round of voting
    • Most delegates overall


    Between the lines: The current Iowa polling top four are Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders at 22%, Pete Buttigieg at 18%, and Elizabeth Warren at 15%.
    One potential surprise could be whether Amy Klobuchar (currently at 8%) can clear the 15% threshold in a number of precincts.


    It sounds like the Iowa Democrats can't organize a two-car funeral procession.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

  • #2
    At 10:30 PM Central, looks like they're off to a really slow start...

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    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #3
      Low turnout, too. Seems the Democrats just haven't been able to get their base excited.
      Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
      But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
      Than a fool in the eyes of God


      From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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      • #4
        Seems like it's just a case of the dodgy app they had for reporting the results having crashed.

        Result will trickle in as they report them all manually by phone.
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        • #5
          Obviously Trump's fault. #VoterSuppression

          I'm always still in trouble again

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          • #6
            Oh Noes! The Russian's hacked the Iowa Caucus's app!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Sparko View Post
              Oh Noes! The Russian's hacked the Iowa Caucus's app!
              No, the Dems are feckless and couldn't run a lemonade stand...
              Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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              • #8
                From the DNC Club’s perspective there were three strategic needs surrounding the Iowa caucuses: (1) Hide the collapse of Joe Biden; (2) Diminish the win by Bernie Sanders; and (3) cover-up a less than enthusiastic voter turnout. Given the nature of very public primary races, this three-pronged challenge seemed almost impossible.

                Almost.

                If everything just seemed to collapse, go wrong, and become a mess; and if the end of the night outcomes could be delayed and undetermined; well, in that scenario the objective would be considered ‘mission accomplished‘ on all three points.

                That exact scenario just coincidentally happened.

                https://theconservativetreehouse.com...ht-candidates/

                So now Bernie Sanders, who by all accounts should have had a strong night, was deprived the opportunity to deliver a raucous election night victory speech and benefit from the momentum and excitement of a big win. The results will be eventually announced, but it will be eclipsed by other news stories and won't have the same impact.

                There's also sketchy connections between the DNC/Pete Buttgieg and the secretive company that designed the "malfunctioning" app.

                https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/sta...87015791894528
                https://twitter.com/kgosztola/status...79634983063552
                https://twitter.com/elainelayabout/s...81259533438976

                So all things considered, the Democrat party really couldn't have asked for a better kickoff to their primary. And, no, I'm not being sarcastic.
                Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                Than a fool in the eyes of God


                From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                  Seems like it's just a case of the dodgy app they had for reporting the results having crashed.

                  Result will trickle in as they report them all manually by phone.
                  And the Democrat candidates will forever question the validity of the results.
                  The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                  • #10
                    Perhaps the quality checks should have included those who are running.


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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                      Perhaps the quality checks should have included those who are running.
                      I wonder if the guys who designed this wonderful App for the Iowa Democrats are the same ones who built the infamous ObamaCare Website.
                      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                      • #12
                        So the very people that want to scrap and rebuild large parts of our government and economy can’t even run a small state caucus correctly? Did I get that right?
                        "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                        GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
                          So the very people that want to scrap and rebuild large parts of our government and economy can’t even run a small state caucus correctly? Did I get that right?
                          I think, rather, everything is working as intended.
                          Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                          But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                          Than a fool in the eyes of God


                          From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                            I think, rather, everything is working as intended.
                            If it is, than it’s funny that the same group that impeached Trump, for corruption and said the election would be illegitimate, is corrupt themselves and attempting to steal the candidacy and give it to a less radical candidate. Either answer doesn’t bode well.
                            "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                            GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                            • #15
                              Iowa Might Have Screwed Up The Whole Nomination Process
                              By Nate Silver



                              In trying to build a forecast model of the Democratic primaries, we literally had to think about the entire process from start (Iowa) to finish (the Virgin Islands on June 6). Actually, we had to do more than that. Since the nomination process is sequential — states vote one at a time rather than all at once — we had to determine, empirically, how much the results of one state can affect the rest.

                              The answer in the case of Iowa is that it matters a lot. Despite its demographic non-representativeness, and the quirks of the caucuses process, the amount of media coverage the state gets makes it far more valuable a prize than you’d assume from the fact that it only accounts for 41 of the Democrats’ 3,979 pledged delegates.

                              More specifically, we estimate — based on testing how much the results in various states have historically changed the candidates’ position in national polls — that Iowa was the second most-important date on the calendar this year, trailing only Super Tuesday. It was worth the equivalent of almost 800 delegates, about 20 times its actual number.


                              https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...ation-process/
                              Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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