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In my precinct (suburb west of Des Moines) there were observers from the Buttigieg, Yang, Sanders, and Warren campaign. After the first tally, the precinct cap
by sswaner 7y ago
In my precinct (suburb west of Des Moines) there were observers from the Buttigieg, Yang, Sanders, and Warren campaign. After the first tally, the precinct captains for the campaigns (the people working the room for votes) would run to the back of the room where the observers were standing and report their tally. The Yang and Buttigieg observers would then use some app on their phone, presumably to report these numbers to their campaign.
None of that seems abnormal, Buttigieg's claim to victory is based on him winning by the equivalent of an exit poll.
- fullshark 7y agoReporting bias, not every precinct has candidate support and the precincts with support are the ones most likely to report those numbers back to the campaign.
- claudeganon 7y agoDeclaring victory under these circumstances is certainly abnormal. And moreso in Pete’s case since the group developing the app appear to have been paid by and in favor of his campaign. I don’t even think Sanders should’ve done this in response to Buttigeig.