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If turnout is “on pace with 2016,” as the Iowa Democratic Party reported, it could be bad news for Bernie Sanders, who has said he is counting on high turnout to capture a victory tonight. (Sanders obviously narrowly lost the Iowa caucuses to Hillary Clinton in 2016.)

Just in: Our first official statement from the Iowa Democratic Party.The big news here is TURNOUT. They say it’s on pace for 2016, which is LOW. 172,000 turned out in then, down from the record-high of 240,000 in 2008. pic.twitter.com/MXGBKO64gc

Here in Howard county, precinct officials say it’s taking 20 minutes or more to get a call through to give results.

Others are still sitting on the phone, the last people in the hall, weary and wanting to go home. Quite a bit of eye-rolling at the organisation.

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Source: Elections - theguardian.com


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