We were supposed to choose our candidate (I went with Yang FWIW), and then count people, and report that. In my little precinct of 82 people, there were 8 people there for Steyer and 3 for Yang, among others. They were supposed to get a pre-viability tally. Yang and Steyer were not viable (in my precinct, needed 13), so they just said, "regroup". So we did, got every one in a viable candidate, and then they did the official count. So they did not report any initial votes for Steyer or Yang.
So when I see below that Steyer only had 240 votes, when my little dinky precinct had 8 people there for him, that is a crock. Not sticking up for Steyer, but just saying, they are under counting people like Steyer and Yang who generally weren't viable, but did have some initial amount of support.
Ultimately, it is the delegate count that matters, but this count is a supposed pre-viability tally, and I don't believe the counts at all for the lesser candidates.
I wouldn't trust these Democrats to put on a bake sale for the local little league. And FWIW, I really don't think there is anything shady going on. This is strictly incompetence.
It sure makes Iowans look like a bunch of hayseeds.
Sounds like a complicated system there in Iowa. Why force party members to build a consensus around ‘viable’ candidates - and if so why not let them continue to horse trade, maybe a ‘non-viable’ would become ‘viable’ through negotiations? I don’t quite understand why they do not just vote like nearly every other state does it - fill out one ballot and drop it in a box. Then count the votes.