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The '''2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses''' were the first nominating contest in the [[Democratic Party]]'s series of presidential primaries for the [[2020 presidential election]]. They took place in [[Iowa]] on Monday, February 3, 2020. Typically, as has frequently been the case in past election cycles, the winner of the caucus is expected to have a significant advantage for the next stage of the primaries.

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''[[The New York Times]]'' reported: “The leading campaigns were prepared for as many as 300,000 people to show up — 60,000 more than the record set in 2008. Instead just 176,000 showed up, less than 3 percent more than in 2016.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/us/politics/iowa-caucuses-turnout-democrats.html</ref>

The initial results of the caucus appeared to show a narrow win for candidate [[Pete Buttigieg]], but were overshadowed by technical problems surrounding the reporting of the vote and concerns about its accuracy. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' refused to declare an Iowa Caucus winner.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/caucuses-in-iowa-run-so-poorly-associated-press-refuses-to-declare-winner/</ref>

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There was no clear demographic or regional distribution of votes cast. Sanders won Polk County, the location of state capital Des Moines, as well as Linn County, home to the state's second-largest city, Cedar Rapids; but Warren won Johnson County, home to the University of Iowa.<ref>https://features.desmoinesregister.com/news/politics/iowa-caucuses-results-alignment/</ref>

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The final vote count also revealed lower-than-expected enthusiasm among Democrats, at least as indicated by turnout. ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that “The leading campaigns were prepared for as many as 300,000 people to show up — 60,000 more than the record set in 2008. Instead just 176,000 showed up, less than 3 percent more than in 2016.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/us/politics/iowa-caucuses-turnout-democrats.html</ref>

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===Controversy===

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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>

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