Earlier Thursday evening, the Associated Press broke the big news about Iowa: that it couldn’t declare a winner:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press is unable to declare a winner in Iowa’s 2020 Democratic caucuses.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 6, 2020
With 100 percent of precincts finally reporting, it looks like Pete Buttigieg might have bested Bernie Sanders by a tenth of a percent in state delegate equivalents (SDEs):
Iowa Dem Party reports final batch, 100% precincts reporting. The NEW SDE percentages are:@PeteButtigieg: 26.2%@BernieSanders: 26.1%@ewarren: 18.0%@JoeBiden: 15.8%@AmyKlobuchar: 12.3%@AndrewYang: 1.0%@TomSteyer: 0.3%
— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) February 7, 2020
*BUTTIGIEG HOLDS LEAD IN IOWA WITH 100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
— Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) February 7, 2020
https://t.co/J02UXbWb4m pic.twitter.com/B6f9ZsEXC0
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 7, 2020
Yeah, like he is going to be President.
— Sparkmeister (@mucoachdoug) February 7, 2020
HAN SHOT FIRST
— Wokey McWokeface (@PermaTroll) February 7, 2020
Pineapple on pizza!
— bobloblaw (@lobberofblobs) February 7, 2020
Cue the conspiracies!!
— stacey kaser (@writeorama) February 7, 2020
While there will almost certainly be a request for a recount, Daniel Nichanian has weighed in with some caveats:
?IOWA UPDATE, with 100% of precincts according to the IDP.
Buttigieg is AHEAD of Sanders in SDE count by 1.51 SDE (that's less than 0.1%).
Note: IDP did NOT change its allocation of satellites SDEs.
— Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020
?CAUTION ? Some glaring mistakes that have been widely reported for more than 24 hours were NOT fixed.
1) Des Moines-14 is still glaringly incorrect. Sanders should be netting 0.2798 SDE here. https://t.co/nXTEGywpYE
— Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020
2) Ocheyedan Precinct 0500 is still incorrect. Also was flagged yesterday. Sanders should be getting 0.1 SDE that is going to Buttigieg (so a net of 0.2 SDE).
(Please, as you read this thread, verify all for yourself: https://t.co/tLrsfNjATl)https://t.co/LPrFjh92vJ
— Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020
3) Muscatine 2 is still incorrect. This was also flagged yesterday, and this one benefits Buttigieg: He is owed 0.1667 SDE (taken from Biden, so a net of 0.1667 for him).
— Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020
4) A bigger one: Des Moines-80. Per the votes IDP is reporting on its website right now (& I believe were on camera), the allocation is wrong. It should be 0.2798 SDE more for Sanders, & 0.2798 less for Buttigieg. That nets 0.56 for Sanders (1/3rd of current deficit).
— Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020
5) The IDP is saying that 100% are reporting, but UAW Local 893 (a CD1 satellite) shows 0 voters for all candidates. (I suppose it's possible no one showed up at all here; I have no other results. Still flagging.)
— Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020
WHOOPSIE DOODLE
— Jack Pfiester (@TheJisforJack) February 7, 2020
Lol
— David Gómez Trujillo ??✂️ (@DGomezTruj) February 7, 2020
— H (@Bringleberry) February 7, 2020
This is bull crap. Where is Deval Patrick's %?
I demand a recanvass.
— Guy Faux (@Faux_Guy_) February 7, 2020
These candidates are trash. Well done Democrats.
— Fuzzy Dunlop (@FuzzyDunlop235) February 7, 2020
Worst party ever.
— Tango (@Jeff11108239) February 7, 2020
@TomSteyer spent $67 million for each one-tenth of a percentage point.
— Thomas Florence (@Thomas_Firenze) February 7, 2020
Prepare for absolute anarchy
— catduck (@kingxerocole) February 7, 2020
There's no way Biden finished 4th. He did much worse than that.
— Crapplefratz – Will Tweet For Food (@Crapplefratz) February 7, 2020
Surely the really big news is not who's leading but how poorly Biden did?
— Kate Hunter (@katelhunter) February 7, 2020
I dont believe any of what's going on, we need to go back to paper ballots.
— Squee (@Squee91719979) February 7, 2020
Totes legit. pic.twitter.com/DjXF8ytm7Q
— Jshep72 (@j_shep72) February 7, 2020
Bernie screwed again.
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) February 7, 2020
Got your marching orders like in 2016.
— Jon Stall #BernieOrBust (@ArnieVinic) February 6, 2020
blink twice if tom perez in the room with you holding a gun
— The Piper at the Gates of Jawn (@lakewitchhouse) February 6, 2020
I've heard @ScottAdamsSays tell us the media chooses our candidates but this is ridiculous. https://t.co/5kVBPawvvB
— Mike Partyka (@MichaelJPartyka) February 7, 2020
Can you give us a clue what the DNC will Instruct you to tell the people
— Joebugged (@joebugged) February 6, 2020
The real prize is the friends they made along the way
— Ottokickeditin (@ottokickeditin) February 6, 2020
I’m about to take the stage at the #CNNTownHall.
The first time I was here, few people knew me or how to pronounce my name. Now we've won the Iowa Caucuses and we’re just 5 days away from the New Hampshire Primary—tune in.
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 7, 2020
Bernie won Iowa.
That's it.
That's the tweet.
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) February 7, 2020
Guess we're not doing that accepting election results thing. https://t.co/chceHu1p1s
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 7, 2020
Pete's claiming victory too. They all should. Why not?
— It's still 2016 apparently (@jtLOL) February 7, 2020
Here’s some nonsense from Thursday night’s CNN town hall for all the Buttigieg fans out there:
#CNNTownHall pic.twitter.com/lt4yVD7Krz
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 7, 2020
That’s his pull quote?
Related:
'Quality control': NYT analysis finds 'errors in more than 100 precincts' after looking at Iowa caucus results https://t.co/2iQLScrhNX
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 6, 2020
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