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The Iowa caucuses descended into chaos after problems with a new app led to delays, mistrust, and renewed questions over whether Iowa should remain first in the nation. Does the primary system even work? Why don't we just hold a national primary?

Ironically, the new app Democrats developed to increase transparency and speed up results led to delays, mistrust in technology and the voting process in the first presidential election after the interference of 2016. Team Trump is already firing up the conspiracy machine. 

Unfortunately, candidates got lost in the problems with process and in the absence of results. Each claimed they either won or did very well in an election when most Democrats remain frozen by the fear of making the wrong choice. Is Michael Bloomberg the winner in this mess?

The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/">Iowa caucuses</a> descended into chaos after <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/iowa-caucus-app.html" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/iowa-caucus-app.html">problems with a new app </a>led to delays, mistrust, and renewed questions over whether Iowa should remain first in the nation. Does the primary system even work? Why don't we just hold a national primary?
Ironically, the new app Democrats developed to increase transparency and speed up results led to delays, mistrust in technology and the voting process in the first presidential election after the interference of 2016. Team Trump is already firing up the conspiracy machine.&nbsp;
Unfortunately, candidates got lost in the problems with process and in the absence of results. Each claimed they either won or did very well in an election when most Democrats remain frozen by the fear of making the wrong choice. Is Michael Bloomberg the winner in this mess?

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