The Iowa caucus results are being delayed due to 'quality control' issues
- The results of the Iowa Democratic caucuses were delayed on Monday night.
- The Iowa State Democratic Party said it was performing "quality control" on the results, stating that it wanted to be cautious.
- The delay raised a lot of chatter on Twitter about what might be going on.
- It's not unprecedented for the results of Iowa caucuses to be delayed, though they often came in by 8 to 10 pm EST in recent primary seasons.
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The results of the Iowa caucuses were delayed far later than in past presidential primary seasons due to "quality control" issues, the Iowa State Democratic Party said, per reports from multiple outlets.
The party said it was doing "quality control" on the results before releasing them out of "an abundance of caution."
In a statement, the party said that 25% of precincts have reported results, but they have not publicly announced any numbers.
In the past, some results came in some time between 8 and 10 pm EST. By 10:30 pm EST on Monday, there was still no final count, with zero percent of precincts reporting.
But it's not entirely out of the ordinary for final results to be delayed. In 2016, for example, it took a day for the full results of the Democratic Iowa caucuses to come in, though the results of the Republican caucuses came in by 10 pm that year.
With that said, the reference to "quality control" raised chatter online, with people across the political spectrum questioning precisely what that meant. President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign manager in a tweet questioned whether the process was "rigged," though there's no evidence to support this at the time.
This article will continue to be updated as information comes in.