What Did — And Didn’t — Go Down In The Iowa Caucuses

These are preliminary numbers and can still change, but so far, according to the entrance poll it seems that Biden is doing somewhat better among the 81 percent of caucusgoers who don’t regularly use Twitter, while Sanders and Warren seem to be doing a little better among the 18 percent of people who do. Buttigieg seems to be doing about equally well among both groups.

Yeah, Geoffrey, I bet the high turnout is making things take longer. Like normal elections, everyone in line at 7 p.m. (the scheduled caucus time) is supposed to be allowed in, and I saw some reports on Twitter of people still standing in line at 7 p.m.

The precinct I’m observing is running pretty far behind, Geoffrey, and it doesn’t seem to be technology-related, although there have been reports of “online confusion” with the app. Although I’m an observer with no special insight into what’s happening behind the scenes, the issue here seems to be 1) the lines were long and we got started late, and 2) the process is just really analog and hard to speed up. There’s no way to pass out cards more quickly, or herd people into groups more efficiently. So it seems quite easy for things to get bogged down.