Buttigieg barely leads Sanders in Iowa with 97% of the vote in…

by The Right Scoop

We still don’t know who the victor will be in the Democratic primary in the Iowa Caucuses, but we do know that it will either be Sanders or Buttigieg, as they are virtually tied with 97% of the vote in as of this morning:

AP – Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are nearly tied in the Iowa Democratic caucuses, with nearly all results counted in a contest marred by technical issues and reporting delays.

The race remained too early to call early Thursday with 97% of precincts reporting. Party officials were scrambling to verify the remaining results three days after Iowans gathered at caucus sites across the state to begin choosing which Democrat will take on President Donald Trump in November.

A new batch of results released just after midnight narrowed the margin between Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Sanders, the progressive senator from Vermont. Buttigieg has a lead of three state delegate equivalents out of 2,098 counted.

The deadlocked contest gives both Buttigieg and Sanders a burst of momentum as they seek to pull away from the crowded field. The nearly complete results show them leading Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, with former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Amy Klobuchar trailing behind.

Below are the percentages and current delegate counts…

Sanders still has more of the popular vote:

So we’ll see what happens when the final 3% of votes come in…


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