Pete Buttigieg – Photo: Gage Skidmore
04.02.2020 - 21:31 / thegavoice.com
The results of the Iowa caucuses, the first-in-the-nation contest for the Democratic presidential primary, remained up in the air late Monday as technical difficulties prompted at least one candidate to call for withholding officials results.
As of 11:15 pm local time, no results were online at the Iowa Democratic Party website, nor was the winner of the caucuses called by major media outlets. Reports were found online over the iPhone app used to cast vote utterly failing, as well as the backup
Pete Buttigieg – Photo: Gage Skidmore
Republicans on an Iowa House panel Monday advanced an anti-LGBTQ bill that is so extreme it would require teachers to notify parents if they plan on even mentioning Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, because he is gay. The bill, sponsored by 13 Republican lawmakers, would force educators to allow parents to opt-out of any instruction that relates to sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Iowa State Sen. Dennis Guth – Photo: Facebook.
Pete Buttigieg made history as the first openly LGBTQ person to win the Iowa caucus in a slim lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders—however, Sanders’ campaign has also claimed a victory, revealing the confusing nature of the caucus format.
The results came some three days later than expected.
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The political strategistat the center of the Iowa caucus debacle is doing damage control with some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, in the wake of scrutiny of her company's role in developing Shadow, the vote-reporting app which caused much of the vote-counting meltdown."It pains me immensely that we have brought any question or doubt to your minds about our ability to do this work following the error by the Shadow team and the events that unfolded in Iowa," wrote Tara
Pete Buttigieg, the most successful openly gay candidate in U.S. history, is clinging to a lead in the bungled counting process in the first electoral test in the 2020 presidential campaign.
Pete Buttigieg – Photo: PBS.
Late-night hosts took on the Iowa caucus debacle during Tuesday's episodes of their shows.Following inconsistencies with data and technical glitches on an app designed to count the votes, the Democratic results from Monday's first contest of the 2020 presidential election were delayed, with only partial results released Tuesday afternoon.In a segment called "Io-What the Hell," The Late Show's Stephen Colbert joked that "cable news anchors looked like they were drowning" while waiting to report
By Dominic Patten
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The Iowa Democratic Party released partial results of its kickoff presidential caucus after a daylong delay late Tuesday showing former Midwestern Mayor Pete Buttigieg and progressive Vermont Sen.