Subterms
Trump used speech to brag about ‘the great American comeback’ in highly partisan address as Republicans chanted ‘Four more years’ An emboldened Donald Trump bragged about the “great American comeback” in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, in a speech resembling an 81-minute re-election advert that skirted around the inconvenient truth that […] More
Iowa Democratic party announces partial results after defective app delayed voting tallies, marring biggest night of 2020 election so far Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, held a narrow lead in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday night, according to a partial release of a majority of the results by the state Democratic […] More
Democrats in the state used a product called IowaReporterApp to report data for the first time instead of phoning in results The chaotic delay in declaring a winner in the Iowa caucuses is being blamed, in part, on a smartphone app introduced just weeks before the election to report results. Many are asking what went […] More
The Democratic presidential candidate said he had had a good night in Iowa and was expecting good results from the caucus. Biden held his speech at a ‘get out and vote’ event, where he was suddenly heckled by at least one member of the audience who was escorted away as supporters shouted ‘get out’ Iowa […] More
Precinct captains say the night had run smoothly – but when they turned to the party-managed app things went badly wrong Matthew Marroquin, a 20-year-old caucus captain for a satellite precinct in Buena Vista county in north-western Iowa, was eager to tell state party officials on Monday night that his candidate of choice, Bernie Sanders, […] More
Full story: Democratic race off to disastrous start Iowa caucuses results – live updates What is the smartphone app at centre of Iowa debacle? Analysis: Trump campaign jubilant as Dems’ big night implodes Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 3.28pm GMT As the words disaster, chaos and fakakta blare […] More
The former VP gave a downbeat speech on Monday night, while the Trump campaign was quick to seize on the Iowa shambles Iowa caucus chaos: Democratic race in disarray – live coverage The shambles in Iowa means we’re all talking about voting chaos instead of the winning candidate. So – with the proviso that this […] More
Democratic presidential primary contest descends into chaos in midwestern state Full story: ‘Inconsistencies’ delay Iowa results The results of the Iowa caucus, the first step in nominating the Democrat who will run against Donald Trump in November’s presidential election, have been delayed amid mass confusion in the state. A verdict had been expected well before […] More
