Opinion | Lyz Lenz: The Iowa caucus wasn't 'rigged' by an app. Democracy is just a bit undemocratic. - NBCNewsTHINK
Despite calls for calm and relentless, exhausted fact-checking, the conspiracies are still breeding. The fantastic lies spread faster than the truth, and Twitter and Facebook have done little to nothing to stop them.
. They had every right to, because running a caucus is an impossible thing, as people vote with their bodies by getting into groups and counting off, and people often leave too early, further stymieing the counters. This year, those problems were compounded, as many people were confused about rule changes put into place for transparency's sake.
But with no clear answers in the first-in-the-nation contest, which many were counting on to propel their candidates into the lead spot, conspiracy theorists rushed to the deck of our democracy like sailors in a storm. Vote-counting difficulties aren't, however, limited to the Democratic caucus — which is necessary for the conspiracies to hold real water. In 2012, Mitt Romney was
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