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What Did — And Didn’t — Go Down In The Iowa Caucuses
The polling in Iowa, which should be judged by first preferences, was actually quite good. Especially the spiked Selzer & Co. poll!
Here’s a consolidated look at the preliminary results with 62 percent of precincts reporting:
Preliminary results from the Iowa caucuses
First alignment, final alignment, and State Delegate Equivalents (S.D.E.) in the Iowa caucuses with 62% of precincts reporting as of 5:01 pm
| FIRST ALIGNMENT | FINAL ALIGNMENT | S.D.E. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttigieg | 21% | 25% | 27% |
| Sanders | 24 | 26 | 25 |
| Warren | 19 | 21 | 18 |
| Biden | 15 | 13 | 16 |
| Klobuchar | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Yang | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Steyer | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gabbard | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennet | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bloomberg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kaleigh, I hope we learn a lot more about this decision in the coming days. It seems like it will be necessary, as lots of conspiracies are circling online about the app developer. But I think this New York Magazine piece draw the conclusion that sounds right to me: incompetence isn’t conspiracy.