Democratic contenders addressed their supporters Monday night in Iowa despite delays by what officials called “quality checks.”
Results from Iowa’s Democratic presidential caucuses were delayed Monday night by what officials called “quality checks” related to new reporting rules, in an unforeseen wrinkle that clouded the party’s first 2020 nominating contest.
Iowa’s caucuses set off a sprint to the Democratic Party’s convention in mid-July in Milwaukee, where a candidate will need 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination to take on President Donald Trump. A total of 41 are at stake in Iowa.Sanders led in polls going into Monday’s caucuses. Investors SPX, +0.73% were seen likely breathing a “sigh of relief” if Biden wins in Iowa, according to analysts at Height Capital Markets. The former vice president is seen as a moderate compared to Sens.
A spokeswoman for the Iowa Democratic Party said “inconsistencies” were found in reporting three sets of results for the caucuses and there was no hack or intrusion. Heading into the caucuses on Monday, Sanders held a roughly four-point lead over Biden, with Buttigieg in third place and Warren in fourth. Klobuchar was in fifth, according to an average of polls from RealClearPolitics.Warren said it was “too close to call” so she said “I’m just going to tell you what I do know.”Klobuchar, who was first to speak, said, “we know there’s delays” but “we are punching above our weight.
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