Iowa Results Reported Wednesday Apparently ‘Riddled With Errors’

It just continues to get worse and worse for the Iowa Democratic Party — and, by extension, for both the Democratic National Committee and grassroots Democrats across the country alike. The already-infamous app crashing that has resulted in politicos still not knowing the full and final results of Monday night’s first-in-the-nation caucuses was compounded by the fact, as The Daily Wire noted, that the Iowa Democratic Party turned down express overtures from the Department of Homeland Security to help with vetting the technology.

As of Thursday morning, The New York Times’ “live” caucus results tabulator showed former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg with a remarkably narrow lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Buttigieg currently leads Sanders 26.2% to 26.1% in the total statewide popular vote, and by 550 to 547 in terms of state delegate equivalents. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is in third place, with 18.2% and 381 state delegate equivalents, whereas bumbling former Vice President Joe Biden is in fourth place with 15.8% and 331 state delegate equivalents. Overall, then, with 97% of Iowa precincts reporting, Buttigieg leads in 59 of Iowa’s 99 counties, Sanders leads in 19, and politicos everywhere eagerly anticipate the results of the final 28. Despite his minuscule deficit in statewide popular vote and state delegate equivalents, however, the Times’ current “live estimate” of who will ultimately prevail shows Sanders as a narrow favorite over Buttigieg.