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===Recount===

===Recount===

On election night the Iowa Democratic party stopped counting when 98% of precincts were counted and Bernie Sanders was ahead by 2,500 votes. Only the the precincts that would likely help Buttigieg were recounted, and the remainder of precincts were weighted to Sanders.  Under the apportionment system Buttigieg was awarded two more delegates and claimed victory, but Sanders won the statewide popular vote.<ref>http://www.dickmorris.com/democratic-race-whats-next-lunch-alert/</ref> Seven of the last nine winners of the Iowa Caucus went on to win the Democratic nomination, and the DNC rigged the election to prevent Sanders from gaining momentum from a victory. Of Buttigieg's 2 delegate margin of victory, 3 were awarded by coin toss.<ref>https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1224533900946485250</ref>

On election night the Iowa Democratic party stopped counting when 98% of precincts were counted and Bernie Sanders was ahead by 2,500 votes. Only the precincts that would likely help Buttigieg were recounted, and the remainder of precincts were weighted to Sanders.  Under the apportionment system Buttigieg was awarded two more delegates and claimed victory, but Sanders won the statewide popular vote.<ref>http://www.dickmorris.com/democratic-race-whats-next-lunch-alert/</ref>

 

 

Subsequent controversy about the failure of the Iowa caucus centered on the new app used by the Iowa Democratic Party for precinct managers to report results.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfQv6JL5d3E&t=234s</ref> This app, which was also slated to be used for the Nevada Democratic caucus, was developed by tech company Shadow, Inc., which in turn was launched by a SuperPAC called Acronym.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2020/02/05/acronym-group-behind-shadow/</ref> It is clear that senior members within the DNC were involved with both groups.  Former Clinton campaign chairman [[Robby Mook]] vetted the app for the Democratic party,<ref>https://pjmedia.com/election/hoo-boy-hillarys-campaign-manager-was-involved-with-that-disastrous-iowa-caucus-app/</ref> and Acronym CEO Tara McGowan is a former journalist and [[Obama for America]] operative.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2020/02/06/group-that-sabotaged-iowa-caucus-begun-by-billionaire-backer-of-alabama-false-flag-campaign/</ref>  Acronym was founded by billionaire Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn.<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/linkedin-founder-reid-hoffman-spends-millions-to-grow-democracy</ref>  Hoffman funded Project Birmingham, a covert voter suppression and [[fake news]] campaign based on the Russian model during the dirty 2017 [[Doug Jones]]/[[Roy Moore]] [[Alabama]] Senate race.  Obama crony David Plouffe sits on the board of Acronym.<ref>https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/02/04/hoo-boy-reading-this-damning-thread-from-lee-fang-about-pete-buttigieg-and-shadow-inc-its-no-wonder-mayorcheat-is-trending/</ref>

 

There are also ties between these two groups and Buttigieg's presidential campaign. FEC records show Buttigieg for America, the candidate's SuperPAC, paid $42,000 to Shadow Inc.; moreover, McGowan's spouse is a senior advisor to Buttigieg's campaign. These connections have fueled speculation that the vote-counting problems associated with the caucus were not in fact accidental, but part of a deliberate effort by the DNC leadership to prevent Sanders from gaining momentum from a victory. As seven of the previous nine winners of the Iowa caucus have gone on to win the Democratic nomination, a clear Sanders win would have given his campaign a serious boost, and many senior Democratic Party officials have expressed concern that an openly socialist candidate would have no chance at winning the general election. As further evidence of a "fix," it was noted that three of the delegates awarded to Buttigieg (who won by a margin of only two delegates) were chosen by a coin toss.<ref>https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1224533900946485250</ref>

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