“Chaotic” scenes across a number of Iowa precincts have voters wondering if the correct winner was called on caucus night.
On the Democratic side, the close race has prompted Bernie Sanders and his supporters to raise questions about how the voting proceeded.
Hillary Clinton ended up winning by 0.29 percent, according to the Democratic Party. The final delegate equivalent was Clinton: 700.59; and Sanders: 696.82.
Sanders campaign staff told the Des Moines Register that they’ve found some discrepancies between tallies at the precinct level and numbers that were reported to the state party, and believe errors were made by untrained volunteers.
“We feel like that there’s a very, very good chance that there is,” said Rania Batrice, a Sanders spokeswoman. “It’s not that we think anybody did anything intentionally, but human error happens.”
Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Andy McGuire insisted that the count was correct, though, and said there will not be any sort of recount. Clinton declared victory and a spokesman said there was no uncertainty over who won. He also said the raw vote tally will not be released.
