“The Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that results from the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus were indefinitely delayed due to ‘quality checks’ and ‘inconsistencies’ in some reporting.” AP News

Incumbent President Donald Trump won the Republican caucus with 97% of the vote. Iowa GOP

Both sides criticize the reporting failure and the caucus model in general:

“At a moment when public faith in American institutions is declining, what could be more fitting than a colossal screw-up in counting the votes for the very first election of the new presidential election cycle?”
Allahpundit, Hot Air

“As early as 8:48 pm Eastern time, the New York Times was already reporting that problems with the app were giving rise to conspiracy theories… A viral tweet suggested, without evidence, that the app was being used to somehow rig the process against Bernie Sanders. It’s really hard to imagine that the Democratic Party would alter the results in such a blatant fashion. But many of Sanders’s supporters bear a grudge against the party from the 2016 primary, and in the absence of a clear explanation for what’s happening, it’s likely conspiracy theories like these will continue to spread. That’s really bad for the public’s faith in the fairness of the process…

“In an emotional and heated election, against the backdrop of a process that many Sanders fans thought was unfair in 2016 and a president who constantly accuses his opponents of cheating, it’s important that the US electoral system seem functional. The Iowa delay seems to be, so far, a step in the wrong direction.”
Zack Beauchamp, Vox

“Caucuses are a terrible way to pick a nominee. There is no secret ballot, so every nosy neighbor and busybody who prefers another candidate knows who you’re supporting. There is no access for those who work nights or need babysitters. And this year, Democrats have a fairly arbitrary 15 percent threshold — no delegates for anyone who falls below that line…

“The two rounds of reallocation meant that supporters of those below the viability line started trying to form alliances out of Survivor, attempting to block delegates for other candidates. Apparently many Democrats believe the electoral college is some sort of unfair menace, but they’re just fine where neighbors are trading snow-shoveling or chocolate cookies in exchange to join their faction… One group of supporters of unviable candidates decided to back Cory Booker, who quit the race on January 13. This is the best day for his campaign in weeks! Pete Buttigieg won a delegate on a coin toss… And now, apparently, the results are being held up for ‘quality checks.’”
Jim Geraghty, National Review

“The caucuses -- especially in this cursed year -- demand hours of commitment. This limits the number, and kind, of people who can attend, despite Iowa Democrats allowing satellite caucuses this year. Many people who work at night still cannot attend. People who care for children or other relatives cannot attend. People who have other commitments cannot attend. Those who cannot attend tend to be lower income, of course, and those people are supposedly the base of the Democratic Party. It's madness to effectively exclude them from the caucus process… It's time for a change.”
Jeffrey Toobin, CNN

“Nothing could have more effectively underscored the ultimate irrelevance of Iowa than a non-result allowing everyone not named John Delaney to claim a victory of sorts, express their sense of ‘optimism’ going forward, and otherwise ignore the question of who actually won… the message people are likely to take away from Monday's contest is that the caucus is the worst of both worlds, an ill-understood, antiquated, anti-democratic mess that systematically excludes parents, working-class people, the shy, and the otherwise socially well-adjusted that has been taken over by well-meaning tech consultants.”
Matthew Walther, The Week

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