US Democrats to Announce Iowa Caucus Results Today

Final result announcement status is still unknown
Concerns about potential additional confusion

[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Baek Jong-min] The U.S. Democratic Party is reported to announce the results of the Iowa Caucus held on the 3rd on the afternoon of the 4th (local time), one day later.

Senator Bernie Sanders is campaigning for supporters on the 3rd during the Democratic caucus in Iowa.
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According to local media such as The New York Times on that day, the Iowa Democratic Party announced that it would release the results of the caucus held the previous day around 5 p.m. (7 a.m. Korean time).

The Iowa Caucus, known as the starting point and "weathervane" of the U.S. presidential race, attracted the attention of the media worldwide as it was held a day earlier, but the results have not been announced due to problems during the tallying process.

It is still unclear whether the announced results will be the final caucus results.

CNN cited the Iowa Democratic Party as saying that more than half of the results would be announced. The New York Times reported that the majority of the results would be released.

If the final results are not released, confusion may intensify. Each primary candidate camp has already claimed victory or a close race based on their own tallied results. Some speculate that former Vice President Joe Biden, who was expected to be among the leaders along with Senator Bernie Sanders, ranked fourth. This has led to conspiracy theories spreading and even criticism that the Democratic primary has lost credibility.

Meanwhile, the Iowa Democratic Party added that the delay in announcing the caucus results was due to a malfunction in the application used for tallying. In relation to this, the Nevada Democratic Party, which had planned to use the same app as the Iowa Caucus, announced that it would not use the app.

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