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Revision as of 18:06, 6 February 2020

2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses

← 2016 February 3, 2020 2024 →

49 delegates (41 pledged, 8 unpledged)
(5 of 41 national pledged delegates not yet won by any candidate)[1]
Reporting
97%
as of February 6, 7:00am (UTC–6)
 
Candidate Pete Buttigieg Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren
Home state Indiana Vermont Massachusetts
Delegate count 13[1] 11[1] 7[1]
Popular vote 42,235 44,753 34,312
SDEs 550 547 381
Vote % 25.0% 26.5% 20.4%
SDE % 26.2% 26.1% 18.2%

 
Candidate Joe Biden Amy Klobuchar
Home state Delaware Minnesota
Delegate count 5[1] 0
Popular vote 23,051 20,525
SDEs 331 255
Vote % 13.7% 12.2%
SDE % 15.8% 12.2%

Election results by county (popular vote in final round)
  Pete Buttigieg
  Bernie Sanders
  Elizabeth Warren
  Joe Biden
  Amy Klobuchar

The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses took place in Iowa, United States, on Monday, February 3, 2020. These caucuses are the first nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Iowa caucuses are a closed caucus, with Iowa awarding 49 delegates, of which 41 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucuses.

The caucus is the subject of controversy due to a delay in reporting the results, which stemmed in part from the Iowa Democratic Party's decision to use an untested and inexpensive mobile application for results reporting. Additionally, the application was criticized for its lack of user-friendliness, openness to potential hacks and data intercepts, and its conflict of interest due to connections with former staffers for Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][excessive citations]

The next primary contest is the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary, to be held February 11.[9]

Procedure

Absentee voting (i.e. by mail) or proxy voting was not allowed in the closed 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses, where only registered Democratic Iowans (who meet the requirement of being minimum 18 years old by November 3, 2020) could vote by their physical presence at their designated precinct caucus site. Iowans who did not register as Democrats before the caucus day could still register as such on caucus night itself at their designated precinct, and thereby gain full voting rights at the event.[10]

1,678 Iowa precinct caucuses plus 99 satellite caucuses around the world (organized as alternative voting sites for registered Democratic Iowans who are prevented from voting locally at their precinct caucus) will all be held with doors being closed at 7:00 p.m. CST on February 3, 2020, in order to elect precinct delegates for the subsequent county conventions and allocate the state's 41 pledged national delegates based upon the proportional accumulative result of all the precincts.[10]

In all precinct caucuses, the presidential candidates must meet a viability threshold within the individual precinct in order to qualify as a viable candidate:[1]

  • minimum of 15% for the majority of precincts with more than three delegates
  • minimum of 16.67% for small precincts electing only three delegates
  • minimum of 25% for smaller precincts electing only two delegates
  • minimum of 50% for the smallest precincts electing only one delegate

Supporters of viable candidates after the first initial voting will have their vote locked to their chosen presidential candidate. Supporters of non-viable candidates having received a result below the viability threshold in the first preliminary vote, however, are allowed to vote a final second time, where they can either choose to transfer their vote to one of the already established viable candidates or alternatively merge their non-viable group with another non-viable group in order to create a big enough group to qualify as a viable candidate.[1]

11,402 county convention delegates are awarded proportionally on the basis of the results of the 1,678 precinct caucuses and 99 satellite caucuses, and they will go to their local county convention on March 21, 2020, to choose 2,107 District and State Delegates (SDE) for the district conventions on April 25 (selecting the 27 pledged congressional district delegates) and state Democratic convention on June 13 (selecting the remaining nine pledged at-large delegates and five pledged PLEO delegates). In total, 41 pledged delegates will be elected for the 2020 Democratic National Convention on the basis of the State Delegate Equivalents (SDE).[1]

Delegate allocation[1]
Type Del.
CD1 7
CD2 7
CD3 8
CD4 5
PLEO 5
At-large 9
Pledged total 41

The reported precinct results of the caucus nights were previously (last time in 2016) used to compute the expected number of pledged national delegates according to the state delegate equivalents for each presidential candidate, meaning that the campaigns after the precinct caucuses still needed to hold onto their computed expected pledged national delegates as their support were locked to the candidate only at the final step of the selection process (i.e at the state convention in June).[11] This has changed in the 2020 caucuses, where the computed final number of pledged national delegates will be locked to the candidates already when the result of the precinct caucuses are known.[12][13]

The 41 pledged delegates Iowa sends to the national convention will be joined by eight unpledged PLEO delegates: five members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and three members of Congress, of which all three are U.S. Representatives.[1]

On February 11, 2019, the Iowa Democratic Party proposed several changes to the procedures used in the previous caucuses, including the addition of a period for "virtual caucuses" from January 29 to February 3, 2020, which would allow participants unable to physically attend the precinct caucuses to join in an online virtual caucus or teleconference in which they will be given the opportunity to rank candidate preferences, with support for non-viable candidates redistributed to viable ones.[1] This process would continue until no non-viable choices remained, and the results would be aggregated with congressional districts for the purposes of delegate allocation but limited to 10 percent of state delegate equivalents, regardless of the number of those using the virtual caucus option. The results of both the virtual and precinct caucuses will be released on the night of February 3, and as a result of rules changes by the national party, raw vote totals for the first and second alignment periods of the caucuses will be published.[14]

In late August 2019, the DNC ordered both the Iowa and Nevada Democratic state parties to scrap their plans for "virtual caucuses" because of security concerns.[15]

On September 20, 2019, the DNC conditionally approved a plan for "satellite caucus sites" that will allow Iowa Democrats to participate if they are working or going to college outside of the state on February 3, 2020.[16] Eleven of those 87 sites will have Spanish translation services. Latinos make up 6% of the population and 3.4% of registered voters.[17]

The party announced in late January 2020 that a "raw vote count" both for the "first initial alignment" and "second final alignment" for each precinct caucuses will be reported (along with the computed State Delegate Equivalents and Nationally pledged delegates), for the first time in the history of the caucuses. In previous years, the reported result of the precinct caucuses comprised only the final computed State Delegate Equivalents and expected number of Nationally pledged delegates.[18][12][13]

Polling

Polling Aggregation
Source of poll aggregation Date
updated
Dates
polled
Bernie
Sanders
Joe
Biden
Pete
Buttigieg
Elizabeth
Warren
Amy
Klobuchar
Andrew
Yang
Tom
Steyer
Other Un-
decided[a]
270 to Win Feb 3, 2020 Jan 22–Feb 2, 2020 22.6% 18.2% 15.2% 15.6% 11.8% 3.8% 3.6% 3.6%[b] 5.6%
RealClear Politics Feb 3, 2020 Jan 20–Feb 2, 2020 23.0% 19.3% 16.8% 15.5% 9.0% 3.3% 3.0% 2.5%[c] 7.6%
FiveThirtyEight Feb 3, 2020 until Feb 2, 2020[d] 22.2% 20.7% 15.7% 14.5% 10.1% 3.7% 3.6% 2.9%[e] 6.6%
Average 22.6% 19.4% 15.9% 15.2% 10.3% 3.6% 3.4% 3.0%[f] 6.6%

The results of a final poll from The Des Moines Register were not released as scheduled on February 1, after an interviewee complained that Pete Buttigieg was not given as a poll option during their interview, with the omission reportedly attributed to human error. As the polling firm was unable to determine whether the mistake was an isolated incident or not, pollster Ann Selzer decided to withhold the results of the poll altogether, marking the first time in 76 years that the final pre-caucus poll was not released by the Register.[19][20] The poll was later leaked on Twitter, with results confirmed by FiveThirtyEight showing Sanders in the lead with 22%, followed by Warren with 18%, Buttigieg with 16% and Biden with 13%.[21]

From December 2019

   – Debate qualifying poll as designated by the Democratic National Committee
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[g]
Margin
of error
Joe
Biden
Pete
Buttigieg
Tulsi
Gabbard
Amy
Klobuchar
Bernie
Sanders
Tom
Steyer
Elizabeth
Warren
Andrew
Yang
Other Un­decided
Emerson College Jan 30–Feb 2, 2020 853 (LV) ± 3.3% 21% 15% 1% 11% 28% 4% 14% 5% 2%
Data for Progress [1][h] Jan 28–Feb 2, 2020 2,394 (LV) ± 1.6% 24%[i] 22% 28% 25%
18% 18% 2% 9% 22% 4% 19% 6% 2%[j]
YouGov/CBS News (MRP) Jan 22–31, 2020 1,835 (RV) ± 3% 25% 21% [k] 5% 25% [k] 16% [k] [k] [k]
David Binder Research/Focus on Rural America Jan 28–30, 2020 300 (LV) ± 5.7% 46%[l] 40% 14%
15% 19% 3% 11% 17% 3% 15% 1% 2%[m] 12%
American Research Group Jan 27–30, 2020 400 (LV) ± 4.0% 17% 9% 2% 16% 23% 3% 15% 5% 4%[n] 6%
Civiqs/Data for Progress[h] Jan 26–29, 2020 615 (LV) ± 4.7% 20%[o] 18% 1% 0% 31% 2% 25% 1% 1%[p] 2%
15% 15% 2% 8% 28% 2% 21% 5% 0%[q] 2%
Park Street Strategies Jan 24–28, 2020 600 (LV) ± 3.0% 20% 17% 1% 12% 18% 4% 17% 5% <1%[r] 6%
Monmouth University Jan 23–27, 2020 544 (LV) ± 4.2% 29%[s] 20% 25% 19% 1%[t] 6%
22%[u] 17% 12% 22% 16% 5% <1%[v] 6%
23% 16% 1% 10% 21% 4% 15% 3% 1%[w] 5%
Civiqs/Iowa State University Jan 23–27, 2020 655 (LV) ± 4.8% 15% 17% 2% 11% 24% 4% 19% 5% 2%[x] 3%[y]
Emerson College Jan 23–26, 2020 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 21% 10% 5% 13% 30% 5% 11% 5% 2%[z]
Suffolk University/USA Today Jan 23–26, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 25.4% 17.6% 0.8% 5.6% 18.6% 2.2% 13.2% 3.0% 13.6%[aa]
Change Research/Crooked Media Jan 22–26, 2020 704 (LV) ± 3.7% 22%[ab] 23% 30% 20% 5%
18% 19% 1% 10% 27% 4% 15% 4% 2%[ac]
Siena College/New York Times Jan 20–23, 2020 584 (LV) ± 4.8% 23%[ad] 23% 30% 19% 8%[ae]
17% 18% 1% 8% 25% 3% 15% 3% 1%[af] 8%
Morningside College Jan 17–23, 2020 253 (LV) ± 6.2% 19% 18% 3% 12% 15% 6% 15% 4% 2%[ag] 4%
YouGov/CBS News Jan 16–23, 2020 1401 (RV) ± 3.9% 25% 22% 0% 7% 26% 1% 15% 1% 2%[ah] 1%
Civiqs/Data for Progress[h] Jan 19–21, 2020 590 (LV) ± 4.8% 17% 19% 2% 6% 24% 3% 19% 5% 0%[ai] 5%
David Binder Research/Focus on Rural America Jan 15–18, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 24% 16% 1% 11% 14% 4% 18% 3% 2%[aj]
Neighbourhood Research and Media/Breitbart Jan 14–17, 2020 300 (LV) ± 4.8% 23% 17% [ak] 11% 10% 2% 15% 2% 6%[al] 13%
Jan 13, 2020 Booker withdraws from the race
Monmouth University Jan 9–12, 2020 405 (LV) ± 4.9% 28%[am] 25% 24% 16% 2%[an] 4%
24% 17% 2% 8% 18% 4% 15% 4% 4%[ao] 5%
Selzer/CNN/Des Moines Register January 2–8, 2020 701 (LV) ± 3.7% 15% 16% 2% 6% 20% 2% 17% 5% 2%[ap] 11%
YouGov/CBS News Dec 27, 2019–Jan 3, 2020 953 (RV) ± 3.8% 23% 23% 1% 7% 23% 2% 16% 2% 2%[aq] 1%
Civiqs/Iowa State University Dec 12–16, 2019 632 (LV) ± 4.9% 15% 24% 3% 4% 21% 2% 18% 3% 4%[ar] 4%
Emerson College Dec 7–10, 2019 325 (LV) ± 5.4% 23% 18% 2% 10% 22% 3% 12% 2% 8%[as]
Dec 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race

November 2019

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[g]
Margin
of error
Joe
Biden
Pete
Buttigieg
Tulsi
Gabbard
Kamala
Harris
Amy
Klobuchar
Bernie
Sanders
Tom
Steyer
Elizabeth
Warren
Andrew
Yang
Other Un­decided
Civiqs/Iowa State University Nov 15–19, 2019 614 (LV) ± 4.9% 12% 26% 2% 2% 5% 18% 2% 19% 4% 6%[at] 3%
Des Moines Register/CNN Nov 8–13, 2019 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 15% 25% 3% 3% 6% 15% 3% 16% 3% 6%[au] 5%
YouGov/CBS News Nov 6–13, 2019 856 (RV) ± 4.1% 22% 21% 0% 5% 5% 22% 2% 18% 1% 4%[av]
Monmouth University Nov 7–11, 2019 451 (LV) ± 4.6% 19% 22% 2% 3% 5% 13% 3% 18% 3% 6%[aw] 8%
University of Iowa Oct 28–Nov 10, 2019 465 (LV) ± 4.6% 15% 16% 3% 2% 1% 18% 3% 23% 3% 2%[ax] 13%
Public Policy Polling Nov 5–6, 2019 715 (LV) 13% 20% 3% 9% 14% 6% 21% 3% 10%
Quinnipiac University Oct 30–Nov 5, 2019 698 (LV) ± 4.5% 15% 19% 3% 4% 5% 17% 3% 20% 3% 4%[ay] 8%
Nov 1, 2019 O'Rourke withdraws from the race

Until November 2019

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[g]
Margin
of error
Joe
Biden
Cory
Booker
Pete
Buttigieg
Kamala
Harris
Amy
Klobuchar
Beto
O'Rourke
Bernie
Sanders
Elizabeth
Warren
Other Un­decided
Siena College/New York Times Oct 25–30, 2019 439 (LV) ± 4.7% 17% 2% 18% 3% 4% 1% 19% 22% 8%[az] 6%
Civiqs/Iowa State University Oct 18–22, 2019 598 (LV) ± 5% 12% 1% 20% 3% 4% 1% 18% 28% 8%[bb] 4%
Suffolk University/USA Today Oct 16–18, 2019 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 18% 1% 13% 3% 3% 1% 9% 17% 7%[bc] 29%
Emerson College Oct 13–16, 2019 317 (LV) ± 5.5% 23% 3% 16% 2% 1% 0% 13% 23% 15%[bd]
Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus Oct 8–10, 2019 548 (LV) ± 3.6% 22% 2% 17% 3% [be] 1% 5% 25% 26%[bf] [be]
YouGov/CBS News Oct 3–11, 2019 729 (RV) ±4.6% 22% 2% 14% 5% 2% 2% 21% 22% 7%[bg]
Selzer/CNN/Des Moines Register [2] Sep 14–18, 2019 602 (LV) ± 4.0% 20% 3% 9% 6% 3% 2% 11% 22% 11%[bh] 14%
David Binder Research Sep 14–17, 2019 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 25% 2% 12% 5% 8% 1% 9% 23% 9%[bi] 6%
Civiqs/Iowa State University Sep 13–17, 2019 572 (LV) ± 5.2% 16% 2% 13% 5% 3% 2% 16% 24% 11%[bj] 8%
YouGov/CBS News Aug 28–Sep 4, 2019 835 ± 4.3% 29% 2% 7% 6% 2% 2% 26% 17% 9%[bk]
Change Research Aug 9–11, 2019 621 (LV) ± 3.9% 17% 3% 13% 8% 2% 3% 17% 28% 9%[bl]
Monmouth University Aug 1–4, 2019 401 (LV) ± 4.9% 28% 1% 8% 11% 3% <1% 9% 19% 11%[bm] 10%
Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus Jul 23–25, 2019 630 ± 3.3% 23% 2% 7% 12% 2% 11% 23% 4% 16%
YouGov/CBS News Jul 9–18, 2019 706 ± 4.4% 24% 3% 7% 16% 4% 1% 19% 17% 9%[bn]
Jul 9, 2019 Steyer announces his candidacy
Change Research Jun 29–Jul 4, 2019 420 (LV) 16% 1% 25% 16% 1% 2% 16% 18% 5%[bo]
David Binder Research Jun 29–Jul 1, 2019 600 ± 4.0% 17% 2% 10% 18% 4% 1% 12% 20% 9%[bp] 9%
Suffolk University/USA Today Jun 28–Jul 1, 2019 500 ± 4.4% 24% 2% 6% 16% 2% 1% 9% 13% 6%[bq] 21%
Change Research Jun 17–20, 2019 308 (LV) 27% 5% 17% 4% 2% 1% 18% 20% 7%[br]
Selzer/CNN/Des Moines Register Jun 2–5, 2019 600 ± 4.0% 24% 1% 14% 7% 2% 2% 16% 15% 6%[bs] 6%
Change Research May 15–19, 2019 615 (LV) ± 3.9% 24% 1% 14% 10% 2% 5% 24% 12% 9%[bt]
Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus Apr 30–May 2, 2019 576 ± 4.1% 35% 2% 11% 5% 4% 3% 14% 10% 16%
Apr 25, 2019 Biden announces his candidacy
Gravis Marketing Apr 17–18, 2019 590 ± 4.0% 19% 4% 14% 6% 4% 5% 19% 6% 7%[bu] 16%
Apr 14, 2019 Buttigieg announces his candidacy
Monmouth University Apr 4–9, 2019 351 ± 5.2% 27% 3% 9% 7% 4% 6% 16% 7% 7%[bv] 12%
David Binder Research Mar 21–24, 2019 500 ± 4.4% 25% 7% 6% 9% 6% 6% 17% 8% 9%[bw] 7%
Emerson College Mar 21–24, 2019 249 ± 6.2% 25% 6% 11% 10% 2% 5% 24% 9% 8%[bx]
Public Policy Polling (D)[by] Mar 14–15, 2019 678 29% 4% 5% 6% 7% 15% 8% 4% 22%
Mar 14, 2019 O'Rourke announces his candidacy
Selzer/CNN/Des Moines Register Mar 3–6, 2019 401 ± 4.9% 27% 3% 1% 7% 3% 5% 25% 9% 5%[bz] 10%
Feb 19, 2019 Sanders announces his candidacy
Feb 10, 2019 Klobuchar announces her candidacy
Feb 9, 2019 Warren announces her candidacy
Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus Jan 31–Feb 2, 2019 558 ± 3.6% 25% 4% 17% 5% 4% 10% 11% 1%[ca] 25%
Emerson College Jan 30–Feb 2, 2019 260 ± 6.0% 29% 4% 0% 18% 3% 6% 15% 11% 15%[cb]
Feb 1, 2019 Booker announces his candidacy
Jan 21, 2019 Harris announces her candidacy
Jan 11, 2019 Gabbard announces her candidacy
Change Research Dec 13–17, 2018 1,291 (LV) 20% 4% 7% 5% 19% 20% 7% 18%[cc]
Selzer/CNN/Des Moines Register Dec 10–13, 2018 455 ± 4.6% 32% 4% 5% 3% 11% 19% 8% 7%[cd] 6%
David Binder Research Dec 10–11, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 30% 6% 7% 10% 11% 13% 9% 8%[ce] 6%
David Binder Research Sep 20–23, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 37% 8% 10% 12% 16% 6%[cf] 9%
Nov 6, 2017 Yang announces his candidacy
Public Policy Polling (D)[cg] Mar 3–6, 2017 1,062 17% 3% 11% 34%[ch] 32%

Results

Sanders, Buttigieg, Warren and Biden campaigning in Iowa throughout the lead up to the caucus.

The final statewide total of "initial alignment votes" and "final alignment votes" is not used to determine the statewide number of "State Delegate Equivalents" (SDEs) won; instead, a number of SDEs can be won in each of the 1,678 precinct caucuses and 99 satellite caucuses based upon the final alignment votes in each specific precinct. The final statewide total of SDEs won by each presidential candidate represents the accumulated SDE results of all precinct caucuses and satellite caucuses. The number of "national pledged delegates" is determined proportionally to the candidate's total number of SDEs won statewide and in each of the state's four congressional districts, but only for those candidates who won more than a 15.0% share of the SDE's statewide or in the specific district.[1]

2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses [ci][22][23][24][25]
Candidate Initial
alignment
Final
alignment
State delegate
equivalents
National
pledged
delegates
Votes %[cj] Votes %[ck] Number %[cl]
Pete Buttigieg 36,718 21.3 42,235 25.0 550 26.2 13
Bernie Sanders 42,672 24.7 44,753 26.5 547 26.1 11
Elizabeth Warren 32,007 18.6 34,312 20.3 381 18.2 7
Joe Biden 25,699 14.9 23,051 13.7 331 15.8 5
Amy Klobuchar 21,896 12.7 20,525 12.2 255 12.2 TBD
Andrew Yang 8,660 5.0 1,752 1.0 22 1.0 0
Tom Steyer 3,001 1.7 407 0.2 7 0.3 0
Michael Bloomberg 214 0.1 20 0.0 0 0.0 0
Tulsi Gabbard 326 0.2 15 0.0 0 0.0 0
Michael Bennet 146 0.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 0
Deval Patrick 49 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Uncommitted 955 0.6 1,410 0.8 4 0.2 0
Other 167 0.1 204 0.1 1 0.0 0
Totals 172,510[ci] 100%[ci] 168,685[ci] 100%[ci] 2,098[cm] 100%[ci] 36 of 41[cn]
Last updated: February 5, 11:37 pm (UTC–6)

Participation in the 2020 caucuses (172,510 votes after counting the results from 97% of the precincts) was only slightly higher compared to the 171,517 people who participated in the 2016 Iowa Democratic caucuses.[26]

Delay in final results

Up until February 4 at 4:00 p.m. local time, the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) had not reported any final results due to what a party spokesperson described as "quality checks".[27] According to The New York Times, a new app-based reporting system may have been responsible for the delay, with Sean Bagniewski, the Polk County Democratic Party chairman, reporting that only "20% of his 177 precinct chairs" could access the app.[28] In a statement released on February 3 at 10:30 p.m. local time, IDP communications director Mandy McClure stated that "inconsistencies" had been found in the three sets of results. However, McClure also assured that the delay was not the result of a "hack or intrusion" and that the overall results are "sound".[29] During the delay in the release of final results, the campaigns of Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders both released incomplete results taken by their respective precinct captains, respectively showing the two candidates as having won the caucus. Also during the delay, Amy Klobuchar's campaign manager, Justin Buoen, claimed that Klobuchar either exceeded or equaled the number of votes that Joe Biden received.[30]

Problems encountered included usage and interface failures of an app designed to report final vote tallies for Iowa precinct captains; a backlog of phone calls to the state vote-reporting hotline, including at least one case of a precinct captain being placed off of an hour-long hold only for the hotline attendant to immediately hang up on him; confusion about coin flips to decide delegates; the need to use backup paper ballots to verify the results; and discrepancies between backup paper ballots and tallies by precinct captains.[31] Data had to be entered manually, which took longer than expected.[32]

The morning after the caucus, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price issued a clarifying statement, reiterating that he did not believe there was a "cyber security intrusion", and that "data collected via the app was sound". Rather, due to a "coding issue in the reporting system", the app was reporting out only "partial data" from what had been recorded. This flaw was verified by comparison to the paper vote records and examination of the underlying data recorded by the app.[33] The Iowa Democratic Party said in a statement that it planned to release partial results at 4:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, nearly a full day after caucuses began.[34]

Voting app

The app was developed by Shadow Inc.; according to New York magazine and The Washington Post, the company received money from the Biden, Buttigieg and Kirsten Gillibrand campaigns.[35][36] Biden's campaign paid the firm $1,225 for text messaging, Buttigieg's campaign paid $42,500 for software service and Gillibrand's campaign paid $37,400 for software, text and fundraising services.[35]

Kasra Rahjerdi, an app development expert, analysed the app and said "the app was clearly done by someone following a tutorial. It’s similar to projects I do with my mentees who are learning how to code". A team of researchers at Stanford University, including former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos, said that while analyzing the app, they found potentially concerning code within it, including hard-coded API keys.[37]

Inconsistencies in votes

During the initial release of the results, it was noted that some of the data being reported was inconsistent, flawed or entirely impossible. According to The New York Times, more than 100 precincts reported incorrect results. Most common errors included wrong number of delegates being allotted to candidates and disparities in numbers released by the Iowa Democratic Party and those reported by precincts.[38] This quickly gave rise to a number of conspiracy theories online that were accusing the Democratic Party of corruption and cheating in favor of Buttigieg.[39] Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Sen. Lindsey Graham were some of the political figures that promoted this claim.[40]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
  2. ^ Gabbard with 1.8%; Bloomberg with 1.3%; Bennet with 0.5%; Patrick not reported
  3. ^ Gabbard with 1.5%; Bloomberg with 1.0%; Bennet and Patrick not reported
  4. ^ FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
  5. ^ Gabbard and Bloomberg with 1.2%; Bennet with 0.4%; Patrick with 0.1%
  6. ^ Gabbard with 1.5%; Bloomberg with 1.2%; Bennet with 0.3%; Patrick with 0.0%
  7. ^ a b c Key: A – all adults; RV – registered voters; LV – likely voters; V – unclear.
  8. ^ a b c By the time of the sampling period, Data for Progress had endorsed the Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign
  9. ^ After reallocation of delegates from candidates estimated to not clear the viability threshold in each precinct
  10. ^ Bloomberg with 2%
  11. ^ a b c d e Data not yet released, but all other candidates each have <5%
  12. ^ If the contest came down to Biden and Sanders
  13. ^ Bloomberg and Delaney with 1%; Bennet and Patrick with 0%
  14. ^ Bloomberg with 2%; Bennet and Patrick with 0%; others with 2%
  15. ^ Re-allocating support to second choice for candidates receiving <15% of first choice votes
  16. ^ Bennet with 1%; Delaney with 0%
  17. ^ Bennet and Delaney with 0%
  18. ^ Bloomberg with <1%
  19. ^ If only the four candidates listed were viable in the voters' caucus sites
  20. ^ "None of these/won't caucus" with 1%
  21. ^ If only the six candidates listed were viable in the voters' caucus sites
  22. ^ "None of these/won't caucus" with <1%
  23. ^ Bennet with 1%; Delaney and Patrick with 0%; other with <1%; "no one" with 0%
  24. ^ Bloomberg and Delaney with 1%; Bennet and Patrick with 0%
  25. ^ Reported as "Unsure"
  26. ^ Delaney with 1%; Bennet and Patrick with 0%; Someone Else with 1%
  27. ^ Patrick with 0.2%; Bennet and Delaney with 0.0%; "Other/Please Specify" with 0.4%; "Don't Know/Refused" with 13%
  28. ^ If voters could choose only one of Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders or Warren
  29. ^ Delaney and Patrick with 1%; Bennet with 0%
  30. ^ If the field is narrowed to these top four candidates
  31. ^ Listed as "don't know/refused"
  32. ^ Bloomberg with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, and Patrick with 0%
  33. ^ Bennet, Bloomberg and Delaney with 1%; Patrick with 0%
  34. ^ Delaney with 1%; Bennet and Patrick with 0%; someone else with 1%
  35. ^ Bennet and Delaney with 0%
  36. ^ Bennet and Bloomberg with 1%; Delaney and Patrick with 0%
  37. ^ Not listed separately from "others"
  38. ^ Trump with 5%; "others" with 2%
  39. ^ If the only viable candidates to caucus for were the four listed in this poll
  40. ^ "None of these/wouldn't vote" with 2%
  41. ^ Booker with 4%, Bennet and Delaney with <1%, Patrick with 0%, Other with <1%
  42. ^ Booker with 3%; Bloomberg with 1%; Bennet, Castro, Delaney, Patrick and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 1%
  43. ^ Booker with 2%; Bennet, Castro, Delaney, Patrick and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 1%
  44. ^ Booker with 3%; Castro with 1%; Delaney, Bloomberg, Bennet, Williamson with 0%
  45. ^ Booker with 4%; Bloomberg with 2%; Bennet, Castro, Delaney, Patrick and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 2%
  46. ^ Bennet, Bloomberg, Booker, Bullock, Castro and Williamson with 1%; Delaney, Messam, Patrick and Sestak with 0%
  47. ^ Booker with 3%; Bloomberg with 2%; Bennet with 1%; Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Sestak and Williamson with 0%; none with 2%
  48. ^ Booker, Bullock, and Castro with 1%, Messam, Delaney, Bennet, Williamson, and Sestak with 0%, "Someone else" with 1%
  49. ^ Booker with 2%; Bullock and Castro with 1%; Bennet, Bloomberg, Delaney, and Williamson with <1%; Sestak with 0%
  50. ^ Castro with 1%; Bennet, Booker, Bullock, Delaney, O'Rourke and Ryan with 0%
  51. ^ Bennett, Booker, Bullock and Castro with 1%; Delaney, Messam, Sestak and Williamson with 0%
  52. ^ Yang with 3%; Gabbard and Steyer with 2%; Delaney with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Messam, Sestak and Williamson with 0%
  53. ^ As evidenced by Sestak being listed in second choices but not first preferences and the lack of an 'other' column in the first preferences topline
  54. ^ Steyer with 3%; Gabbard and Yang with 2%; Bennet with 1%; Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Ryan and Williamson with 0%; Messam and Sestak with no voters[ba]
  55. ^ Gabbard and Steyer with 3%; Yang with 1%; Delaney, Ryan and Williamson with 0%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Messam and Sestak with no voters; refused with 0%
  56. ^ Yang with 5%; Bullock with 4%; Gabbard and Steyer with 2%; Bennet and Williamson with 1%; Castro with 0%; Delaney, Messam, Ryan and Sestak with no voters; everyone else with 4%
  57. ^ a b The poll did not announce this result separately; it is listed as part of 'Other'.
  58. ^ Yang with 1%; a different Democratic candidate, don't know, or refused with 25%
  59. ^ Steyer with 3%; Bennet, Gabbard, Williamson, and Ryan with 1%, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Messam, Sestak, and Yang with 0%; "someone else" with 0%
  60. ^ Gabbard, Steyer, and Yang with 2%, Bullock, Castro, and Delaney with 1%, Bennet, de Blasio, Ryan, Sestak, and Williamson with 0%; "none of these" with 2%
  61. ^ Steyer with 3%; Yang with 2%; Bullock, Castro, Delaney and Gabbard with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Messam, Ryan, Sestak and Williamson with 0%
  62. ^ Gabbard with 4%; Yang with 3%; Steyer with 2%; Ryan and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Castro and Delaney with 0%
  63. ^ Steyer with 2%; Castro, de Blasio, Delaney, Gabbard and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Messam, Ryan, Sestak and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 2%
  64. ^ Bullock, Gabbard, and Steyer with 2%; Bennet, Castro, and Yang with 1%; Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Messam, and Williamson with 0%
  65. ^ Steyer with 3%; Gillibrand and Yang with 2%; Bullock, Delaney, Gabbard, and Hickenlooper with 1%; Bennet, Castro, Inslee, O'Rourke, and Williamson with <1%; de Blasio, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, and Sestak with 0%
  66. ^ Castro and Steyer with 2%; Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, and Sestak with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, de Blasio, Gabbard, Gravel, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Williamson, and Yang with 0%
  67. ^ Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Inslee, Swalwell, and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Moulton, Ryan, and Williamson with 0%
  68. ^ Bennet, Bullock, Castro, de Blasio, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Williamson, and Yang with 1%; Hickenlooper, Inslee, Ryan, and Swalwell with <1%; Messam and Moulton with 0%; others with <1%
  69. ^ Bennet, Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, and Yang with 1%; Bullock, de Blasio, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Sestak, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%; others with 1%
  70. ^ Delaney with 2%; Castro, Gabbard, Gravel, Moulton, and Yang with 1%; Bullock, de Blasio, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  71. ^ Bennet, Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Inslee, and Yang with 1%; Bullock, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Moulton, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with <1%; de Blasio and Messam with 0%
  72. ^ Yang with 2%; Abrams, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, and Swalwell with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Ryan, and Williamson with 0%
  73. ^ Delaney with 2%; Gabbard, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, and Yang with 1%; Castro and Inslee with 0%
  74. ^ Castro with 2%; Delaney, Gillibrand, Ryan, Swalwell, and Yang with 1%; Bullock, de Blasio, Gabbard, and Inslee with <1%; Bennet, Hickenlooper, McAuliffe, Messam, Moulton, and Williamson with 0%
  75. ^ Delaney with 3%; Castro, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Inslee, Swalwell, and Yang with 1%; Bullock, Hickenlooper, and Williamson with <1%; Bennet and McAuliffe with 0%; others with <1%
  76. ^ Castro, Gabbard, Hickenlooper, and Inslee with 1%; Gillibrand and Yang with 0%; others with 4%
  77. ^ Poll sponsored by End Citizens United
  78. ^ Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, and Inslee with 1%; Bloomberg, de Blasio, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Holder, Swalwell, Williamson, and Yang with <1%
  79. ^ Gillibrand with 1%
  80. ^ Brown with 4%; Castro with 2%; Delaney and Gillibrand with 1%; Gabbard and Yang with 0%; others with 8%
  81. ^ Kennedy with 5%; Clinton with 4%; Brown with 2%; Bloomberg, Castro, Cuomo, Delaney, Gillibrand, Kerry, and Swalwell with 1%; Holder, McAuliffe, Schultz, and Steyer with 0%
  82. ^ Bloomberg with 3%; Brown, Castro, Delaney, and Hickenlooper with 1%; Bullock, Garcetti, Gillibrand, Holder, Inslee, Steyer, Swalwell, and Yang with <1%
  83. ^ Brown with 3%; Bloomberg and Kerry with 2%; Delaney with 1%; Garcetti with 0%; others with <1%
  84. ^ Gillibrand and Holder with 2%; Avenatti and Delaney with 1%; Bullock, Garcetti, Landrieu, and Patrick with <1%; others with 1%
  85. ^ Poll sponsored by O'Say Can You See PAC, the PAC that supported O'Malley in 2016
  86. ^ O'Malley with 18%; Cuomo with 8%; Castro and Sandberg with 4%; Gillibrand with 3%; Schultz with 1%
  87. ^ a b c d e f 1,711 of 1,765 precincts reporting, or 97% of the vote.
  88. ^ Percentage of the vote each candidate received on initial alignment.
  89. ^ Percentage of the vote each candidate received after candidates below the 15% viability threshold at each precinct were removed and their voters realigned into viable groups.
  90. ^ Percentage of state delegate equivalents reported so far that was earned by each candidate.
  91. ^ Total reported out of 2,107
  92. ^ 5 out of 41 national pledged delegates were not yet won by any candidate, still awaiting the final results of the remaining 3% of precincts.[1]

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