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    Smartphone app at center of Iowa debacle causes delays in results

    Organizers running the precincts did not get to test the mobile app until just hours before voting began Iowa caucuses results – follow live Iowa caucuses off to disastrous start There was widespread confusion and frustration as the results of Iowa’s closely watched caucuses were delayed Monday evening as the state Democratic party did “quality […] More

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    Iowa caucus results 2020 live

    Get the full results as Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and others compete to win the crucial first voting state Iowa results hit with delays – follow live How do the caucuses work? Support our journalism Iowa voters have kicked off the long process of choosing the Democratic and Republican party’s […] More

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    Iowa caucuses: results delayed as state’s Democratic party performs ‘quality control’ – live

    Iowa Democratic party says there’s no ETA on results Trump wins uncompetitive Republican caucuses Iowa caucuses results – live updates Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 4.01am GMT If turnout is “on pace with 2016,” as the Iowa Democratic Party reported, it could be bad news for Bernie Sanders, […] More

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    Hundreds of thousands gather across Iowa as caucuses begin

    Many remain undecided in the Democratic presidential contest, with Sanders, Biden, Warren and Buttigieg topping polls Iowa caucuses kick off – follow live! How do the caucuses work? The Guardian’s guide Caucus voting is under way across Iowa, with voters set to declare which Democratic presidential candidate they believe is best positioned to beat Donald […] More

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    Rightwing groups spread false information about voter rolls hours before Iowa caucuses

    Judicial Watch falsely claimed several Iowa counties had more voters on their rolls than were eligible to vote A conservative not-for-profit organization and several prominent rightwing media figures spread false and misleading information about Iowa’s voter rolls in the hours leading up to the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus on Monday. Judicial Watch, a conservative foundation based […] More

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    The Iowa caucus is a reminder that ‘horserace’ journalism is still the norm | Jon Allsop

    When journalists speculate about ‘electability’ we risk getting it wrong. Worse, we risk warping the debate and biasing voters As campaigning in Iowa enters the home stretch, the Democratic candidates for president are finally at the starting gate, and mixed horserace metaphors are everywhere. Over the weekend, it felt as if today’s caucuses in the […] More

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    How do the Iowa caucuses work? Your guide to the night

    US elections 2020 The midwestern state is the first to vote in the presidential primary race. So what are caucuses, and how do they work? Here’s your guide to the night Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden figurines in a store in Des Moines. For the Democratic caucuses, in particular, second choices are important. […] More