Caucus snafu raises questions as Iowa, nation wait for results
BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Feb 4, 2020 | 4:11 pm
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550 wordsAll Latest News, Arts and Culture, Government Policy and LawThe Iowa Democratic Party said early Tuesday the “underlying data” collected on the smartphone app used to report caucus results “was sound” but the system was only reporting out partial data, leading to an ongoing delay of final results from the Iowa caucuses, the Des Moines Register reports. Top Iowa Republicans are defending the Democratic caucuses.
Here’s what people have been talking about as they wait for the issue to be resolved:
Iowa Capital Dispatch: More Iowans caucused on Monday than ever before — without setting foot in Iowa
The Iowa Caucuses are often criticized for not being inclusive enough for people who can’t attend a traditional precinct caucus because of work, mobility or family issues. The Iowa Democratic Party’s answer to that concern this year was creating 87 “satellite” caucuses, plus a dozen college campus sites. Many of them were in Iowa — in union halls, nursing homes and cultural centers. But there were also 24 out-of-state caucuses and three in foreign countries. Iowa Capital Dispatch and its sister newsrooms in States Newsroom covered some of these unusual and first-of-their-kind caucuses in Iowa and around the country.
New York Times: Turning to New Hampshire, Democratic rivals jostle for advantage
With a glaring question mark hanging over the Iowa caucuses, a frustrated pack of Democratic presidential candidates sought to turn the mood of chaos to their own advantage Tuesday morning as they barreled toward the next nominating contest, in New Hampshire. Read more
Politico: The death of Iowa
There can be no doubting it now, not after so many years spent in the crosshairs, not after active presidential candidates began challenging its privileged position atop the nominating calendar, and certainly not after Monday night’s debacle that left seven candidates and millions of viewers waiting for results that never came: Iowa’s reign is over.
Oh, sure, the state and its fabled caucuses may live on in some ceremonial capacity, perhaps clinging to a sort of emeritus role in the earlier stages of the nominating season. Presidential candidates will still pay occasional homage to the state, observing the time-worn traditions of tractor shows and food on a stick, unwilling to ignore a place and a people that have been so central to the making of the modern American presidency.
But Iowa won’t go first. It can’t go first. Not anymore. Read more
Politico wasn’t the only one questioning whether Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status is over: Chaos and no results puts Hawkeye state’s status in question, USA Today reports. Also from Politico: Trump claims he’ll protect caucus.
LA Times: Tech firm started by Clinton campaign veterans is linked to Iowa caucus reporting debacle
An app created by a tech firm run by veterans of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign is taking heat for the unprecedented delay in reporting Democratic caucus results from Iowa. The firm behind the app reportedly is Shadow, an affiliate of ACRONYM, a Democratic nonprofit founded in 2017 “to educate, inspire, register and mobilize voters,” according to its website. Shadow started out as Groundbase, a tech developer co-founded by Gerard Niemira and Krista Davis, who worked for the tech team on Clinton’s campaign for the 2016 Democratic nomination. Read more
Here’s what people have been talking about as they wait for the issue to be resolved:
Iowa Capital Dispatch: More Iowans caucused on Monday than ever before — without setting foot in Iowa
The Iowa Caucuses are often criticized for not being inclusive enough for people who can’t attend a traditional precinct caucus because of work, mobility or family issues. The Iowa Democratic Party’s answer to that concern this year was creating 87 “satellite” caucuses, plus a dozen college campus sites. Many of them were in Iowa — in union halls, nursing homes and cultural centers. But there were also 24 out-of-state caucuses and three in foreign countries. Iowa Capital Dispatch and its sister newsrooms in States Newsroom covered some of these unusual and first-of-their-kind caucuses in Iowa and around the country.
New York Times: Turning to New Hampshire, Democratic rivals jostle for advantage
With a glaring question mark hanging over the Iowa caucuses, a frustrated pack of Democratic presidential candidates sought to turn the mood of chaos to their own advantage Tuesday morning as they barreled toward the next nominating contest, in New Hampshire. Read more
Politico: The death of Iowa
There can be no doubting it now, not after so many years spent in the crosshairs, not after active presidential candidates began challenging its privileged position atop the nominating calendar, and certainly not after Monday night’s debacle that left seven candidates and millions of viewers waiting for results that never came: Iowa’s reign is over.
Oh, sure, the state and its fabled caucuses may live on in some ceremonial capacity, perhaps clinging to a sort of emeritus role in the earlier stages of the nominating season. Presidential candidates will still pay occasional homage to the state, observing the time-worn traditions of tractor shows and food on a stick, unwilling to ignore a place and a people that have been so central to the making of the modern American presidency.
But Iowa won’t go first. It can’t go first. Not anymore. Read more
Politico wasn’t the only one questioning whether Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status is over: Chaos and no results puts Hawkeye state’s status in question, USA Today reports. Also from Politico: Trump claims he’ll protect caucus.
LA Times: Tech firm started by Clinton campaign veterans is linked to Iowa caucus reporting debacle
An app created by a tech firm run by veterans of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign is taking heat for the unprecedented delay in reporting Democratic caucus results from Iowa. The firm behind the app reportedly is Shadow, an affiliate of ACRONYM, a Democratic nonprofit founded in 2017 “to educate, inspire, register and mobilize voters,” according to its website. Shadow started out as Groundbase, a tech developer co-founded by Gerard Niemira and Krista Davis, who worked for the tech team on Clinton’s campaign for the 2016 Democratic nomination. Read more
And of course, there are reminders not to buy into conspiracy theories.
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