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Live Election Analysis
Last updated Feb. 4, 1:58 a.m. | Terms
Tonight, all eyes were on the Iowa caucuses, the first contest in the long Democratic primary season. But after an hours-long delay, the Iowa Democratic party had not released any results. Relive the chat as "results coming soon" slowly became "results coming… eventually."
Charlie Mahtesian
Senior politics editor
Hey folks, good evening and welcome to POLITICO's Iowa Caucus live chat.
We've got a great cast of reporters, many of them currently at Iowa precinct caucus locations or campaign events, ready to talk about tonight's big vote.
So we're finally here – Iowa Caucus night, the Democratic Party's first step toward nominating a candidate to take on Donald Trump in November. Tell me what you're watching for tonight.
Senior campaigns and elections editor
Can I plug my story chock full of what I'm watching tonight, Charlie?
How to watch the Iowa caucuses like a pro
The insider's guide to make sense of Monday's results.
Because our readers need to know: How formally are you dressed, Steve? It's a pretty big campaign night
I'm wearing a shirt and tie. No jacket – it was about 30 degrees warmer in D.C. than in Iowa today.
Morning Score author
Hi Charlie! Excited to be here for my first live chat of the year. I'm at POLITICO World HQ in beautiful Rosslyn, dressed much more casually than Steve. But what I'm looking at is the four (!) numbers we're getting tonight.
Usually, the state Democratic Party only reports the state delegate equivalents. But this year, we'll get that, AND a raw vote total for both the first and final alignments. We'll also get, at the very end of the night, how many national delegates candidates won. Four different numbers is a lot! The AP will be using SDEs to declare a winner, and most media outlets will follow their lead.
Here in Des Moines, the weather is about 34 degrees and clear
Scott Bland
Campaign Pro editor
Along the lines of what Zach mentioned, I'm very curious to see how the 2nd-choice vote breaks down in places where, say, Elizabeth Warren or Joe Biden aren't viable, compared to where they are. The ranked-choice element of the caucuses is fascinating and bound to play an important role given how close the polls have been.
Also! I'm going to be watching the counter on the front page of ActBlue's website. The Democratic donation processor counts up every dollar that flows through it on the way to candidates — and I'm betting it's going to go off like a bomb when a winner is declared, and when said winner gives a victory speech. It'll be a real-time demonstration of how excited Democrats have been for months (years?) to get through this process and get on with trying to beat President Donald Trump in November.
Maya King
2020 Fellow
Hey everyone! Happy to be here from Rosslyn, which is an alarming 30 degrees warmer than Des Moines tonight. I'll be looking for how much candidates' TV ad spending paid off in Iowa. Pete Buttigieg was the biggest non-billionaire spender in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids markets. Did it buy him the edge he needs? Or, as Charlie pointed out earlier, Andrew Yang spent more in the Rochester, Minnesota market than any other candidate. Does that heavy dip into rural Iowa bode well for him?
Since we're shamelessly plugging POLITICO content, let me add Natasha's piece about 11 counties to watch tonight
Iowa has 99 counties. Here are the ones to watch on caucus night.
Dive into the key places that will decide the winner of the Democratic caucuses.
Stephanie Murray
Author of Massachusetts Playbook
Hello hello! After covering New Hampshire for about a year, things are at a standstill here in New England while we wait for Iowans to caucus tonight. I'm watching for how tonight's winners (and losers) will set the tone for the first-in-the-nation primary next week.
Hey team, Harris here…..Back in the newsroom after my Iowa sojourn (an old habit for me, I'd rather be in newsroom than on the road on big news nights.) I'm looking to be surprised. As I wrote for the site today, I almost always expect the alleged wisdom of the pack to be wrong in some respects…..sometimes in very key respects.
(I swear we actually have a ton of people in Iowa. At some point one of them will surface)
Elena Schneider
National political reporter
Hey! I'm in the Knapp Center at Drake University, a basketball court. President Donald Trump was just here on Thursday. But today, it's filling up with Democrats. Announcements are being made over the PA, asking people to fill up the sections for their first choice candidates.
Natasha Korecki
National Correspondent
Hello from West Des Moines, where I'm running between four caucuses in the same building, trying to get a good sense of who's looking good and who isn't. I'm looking to see if this is the moment Joe Biden shows he's truly durable or if it's the beginning of the end for his campaign, which has been built around the concept of his electability against Donald Trump. This isn't the best testing ground for Biden, he's long lacked enthusiasm and in Iowa, he's struggled to bring out good crowds. And yet … in poll after poll, Democrats say he's their best bet for beating Trump in November.
Christopher Cadelago
Hey, guys. I'm in D.C., getting ready for an early flight to Manchester.
I'm curious about Amy Klobuchar. At 67 days, nobody besides Andrew Yang has spent more time in Iowa. Yet, a weak finish there would be a massive and likely mortal hit to her candidacy, given her attempts to appeal to Iowans as a neighboring state senator who has won in the Midwest. Less than an hour before the Iowa caucus, Klobuchar's team circulated to the press a memo about her gaining momentum in New Hampshire. It talked about endorsements and all her events. It's possible that she soldiers on to the first primary even after a bad showing in Iowa, but it would really eat into her rationale.
Holly Otterbein
Yo! I'm at Hillside Elementary in West Des Moines, a blue-collar area where Bernie Sanders won some precincts in 2016. There are a few precincts in the building. As the Sanders beat reporter, I'm looking to see whether the Vermont senator can bring out enough young, working-class and Latino voters to win. I'm also interested in overall turnout among those groups. And I'm watching for whether how first and second alignment do or don't look different.
Eugene Daniels
Hiiiii! I'm at Valley Southwoods High School in West Des Moines and like many of my colleagues I'm watching to see how much gamesmanship is going to happen as caucus goers try and figure out who is more electable.
Reader service note: As you can tell, our political staff is scattered everywhere at the moment as some of our reporters prepare to deploy to New Hampshire tomorrow for the second leg of the early state gauntlet.
So, Iowa crew – what's the energy level like where you're at? Somnolent? Deafening noise? People bouncing off the walls? Long lines? Clue us in.
The high school is pretty quiet but buzzing with energy. Andrew Yang is speaking here soon so people are pretty hyped to hear from one more presidential candidate before they all head out of town.
Eugene Wait…Andrew Yang is speaking to your caucus in person?
Keep in mind that doors close at 7 pm Central time at caucus sites, so the action should be starting soon.
It's very early, but the first entrance polls released as the caucuses began suggest a tight race among the top 4 candidates (Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders and Warren) in terms of caucus-goers' first preferences. They are all grouped between 16% and 22%. It's quite a ways back to Amy Klobuchar in fifth place.
Trying to send over a few photos from the Knapp Center, but the WiFi is running a littleeeee slow. But it's been pretty relaxed here. No major chants or interruptions. Things are proceeding as usual. Right now, hearing from Theresa Greenfield, a Democratic candidate running to challenge Sen. Joni Ernst.
There's quite a bit of energy here. Sanders supporters are chanting "Not me, us!" (the campaign's motto) and "Medicare for who? Medicare for All!" Joe Biden backers are chanting, "Let's go Joe!"
I'm so jealous of all this video. For the record, I'm trapped in a windowless Soviet-style room at the Des Moines Marriott. The only energy or excitement is when me or Jenny Ament, our senior audio producer, get up to grab one of the few remaining cookies.
Charlie and Steve, your comment about tight bunching in the exits makes me wonder if the usual interpretive battles (a candidate arguing that a third or fourth-place result is actually impressive) will be more intense this year than usual. This sends the mind back–perhaps too far–to the past but I recall that the infamous "Howard Dean Scream" was an effort by him to say that a third-place finish actually would give him great momentum. Needless to say that didn't end up being true.
John And let's not forget Bill Clinton, aka "The Comeback Kid"
John and Charlie, is now a bad time to say I was in elementary school for the Dean Scream?
Charlie John What about Michael Dukakis' "bronze medal" in 1988? Or, to use a New Hampshire example, there was Joe Lieberman's "three-way split decision for third place" to spin a 5th-place finish in 2004?
Zach Same. Ha!
Zach Shouldn't you be getting people coffee or something?
But you both know what the Dean Scream is….a sign of your political precocity even when in grade school.
All the free coffee we want at HQ!
Here's a look at the very crowded 311/312 precinct:
John Charlie If they are bunched up that close and separated by a point or two each, you could see a third or fourth-place finisher making that argument, both in terms of delegates and momentum. With the State of the Union, and totally overshadowed in terms of cable news minutes, even an Iowa win may not give someone what it usually does.
Steve John It feels like tonight the effort to spin the results is more critical than ever. We see that in the Sanders camp's insistence that they will declare victory if they win the first preference vote – when the Iowa Dem Party and the DNC says the only result that counts is the delegates at the end of the evening.
I will say, from what I'm watching at least, it's downright pleasant here. Different caucus groups are applauding one another and laughing at each other's jokes. Not a lot of division and animosity as some had warned before tonight.
The precinct chair is giving instructions here now: the big one is "If you are a part of a viable group, you CAN NOT MOVE."
At Drake, they're making everyone sit super close to each other. Trying to establish how many people are here. The vibe is pretty chill. Quiet, almost.
Natasha You'd think that if someone had a front row seat like in that photo they'd be wearing a campaign T-shirt or something other than a "Krunkwich Ramen House" t-shirt
Charlie John A lot of expectations setting still happening. Biden campaign just sent an email declaring that "tonight is the first big step, but one of many steps to go, of many delegates yet to still be awarded in this Democratic Primary."
"Whatever happens tonight, I intend to compete every step of the way and fight for every one of your votes," it concludes.
Fun fact: Krunkwich Ramen House is actually one of those perennial candidates that pops into the New Hampshire primary every four years
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Charlie Having a front row seat is every reason in the world to wear that shirt!
For what it's worth, I looked it up and Krunkwich Ramen House is permanently closed. Bad omen?
Was going to applaud Krunkwich for its native marketing efforts, but guess this was something else https://www.kcci.com/article/krunkwich-ramen-house-closes-its-doors/27692118
KCCI
Krunkwich Ramen House closes its doors
"We are officially closed for good. Thank you for the years of love at both locations, you all mean the world to us."
I have some other nuggets from the entrance poll: About 1-in-3 attendees said tonight was their first caucus (actually a historically low number). Caucus-goers said 61-37% they would rather see Dems nominate someone who can beat President Trump than someone who agrees with them on major issues. And last but not least: Only 18% of Dem caucus-goers say they are regular Twitter users.
Twitter is not real life. Twitter is not real life. Twitter is not real life.
Stephanie Not to disparage your people too much, but Krunkwich Ramen House sounds like an 19th century Massachusetts senator with big pork chop sideburns.
Charlie that's a burn, but I've got to agree with you.
Some context for what Steve posted on the entrance poll: In 2016 it was 42 percent first-time caucus-goers and 57 percent in 2008
Charlie John With raw vote totals going public for the first time, there's of course many reasons to spin the numbers tonight. A couple of weeks ago, six different campaigns told us they're likely to move on to New Hampshire no matter how they fare tonight; regardless of how many delegates they win tonight. But you better bet they're going to point to whatever raw vote total percentage they won.
So here's a question: if that entrance poll number is correct and there are very few first-time caucusgoers, who does that help and who does that hurt?
Steve That's actually quite consistent with polling that we have seen all year that is at odds with the notion that the party is in the grip of my-way-or-the-highway activists, no?
John Caucus-goers want a winner. And as Elena said, Twitter is not real life.
Charlie That's a tough one because Sanders has said, maybe more than anyone, that he draws new people to the polls. But he ran here in 2016 and his supporters then might have been newcomers. I think Biden though would argue that practiced caucus-goers are the ones who are most likely to side with him. They by and large want someone who can beat Donald Trump and Biden's won that argument.
Charlie Theoretically it would hurt Sanders. We'll see.
'Twitter is not real life' is almost the Biden's campaign implicit campaign slogan. They have been the ones most vigorously pushing the idea that the discussion on Twitter does not reflect actual Democratic Party sentiment.
I should add to that, Charlie, that late today there was a lot of buzz about how well Sanders was expected to do in rural Iowa. Bernie's campaign co-chair, Ro Khanna, told me he thinks Sanders will win J.D. Scholten's rural district by huge margins. And in the southern rural areas, a few party chairs say they think it's a contest between Sanders and Klobuchar.
Charlie Polls leading up to Iowa showed Bernie benefitting most from newcomers, but as Natasha noted, Bernie's 2016 supporters aren't first-timers anymore
According to the entrance poll thus far, Charlie, Sanders is ~10 points higher among first-time caucus-goers than those who have attended before
At the caucus site where I am now and at a satellite caucus I was previously at, an official has read a unity message written by Iowa Democratic Party leader Troy Price — I'm guessing it's a standard message. Mainstream Democratic leaders are highly anxious about bringing the party together; many think the failure to do so helped elect President Trump.
Steve Everyone wants a winner, and/but warring notions about the path to victory are essentially what Iowa was really about…."Own the center and give a pathway to people who don't like Trump to come to you."…."No, no, we tried that in 2016 and it didn't work. This time we will offer voters a choice they can get excited about." This argument is likely to get sharper in the days ahead as we move beyond Iowa.
Natasha By J.D. Scholten's district you mean the conservative, rural Rep. Steve King district in northwest Iowa, right?
Charlie that is what I mean, yes
First call of the night (sorry): https://apnews.com/Election2020?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP_Politics&utm_campaign=SocialFlow
News from The Associated Press, the definitive source for independent journalism from every corner of the globe.
The speakers have begun at my site: Andrew Yang went first and said everyone should have a new threshold for who they caucus for: "That candidate has to be here in front of you. How else will you know they care about you?" The crowd laughs and claps.
Holly Natasha Explain why the state party chair might feel the need to read a "unity message" at an event where only Democrats are in attendance.
Just heard the same thing here Holly Natasha Charlie
Eugene yeah, they're standard remarks being read at every location.
Eugene You hit the jackpot at that caucus location. While it's not entirely uncommon, most precinct caucuses do not get the benefit of an actual candidate making the case for themselves.
Charlie and the crowd loved it. As a matter of fact I talked to two Republicans who came to caucus for Pete Buttigieg but said they switched to Yang just now after seeing him.
Charlie Everyone is well aware of the chaos that erupted in the 2016 caucuses, which left deep wounds here in Iowa. It was a razor thin Clinton win and Sanders folks demanded recounts and accused the establishment of rigging it.
The major changes we've seen in this years' caucuses were meant to address the many issues Sanders supporters raised, including creating a way to recount ballots.
Here's a story I wrote about it last year https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/10/2016-ghosts-1315854
'No tolerance whatsoever for the bulls---': Iowa Dems warn against new Bernie-Hillary wars
After a rancorous 2016 caucus battle that left the state party reeling, Democratic leaders are determined to keep the peace this year…
Natasha At the risk of sounding like your publicity agent, I'm going to flag this excellent story you wrote about the reverberations of that bitterness
Rivals warn Sanders campaign plans to game Iowa results
Fueling the rising anxiety is a change to how the caucuses will report their results in 2020.
Update in one of my West Des Moines precincts: Sanders, Buttigieg and Warren are viable. Biden and Klobuchar are not.
Eugene Charlie I recall in the early debates the newsroom buzz was that Yang seemed robotic and dull….I feel vindicated in this because I remember saying (and being hooted down by colleagues) that I thought he was funny and oddly charismatic.
Natasha So, in your case, we're talking about a Polk County suburban precinct. And Biden and Klobuchar are not viable.
Charlie your flacking of Natasha is entirely merited……she has set the agenda in Iowa reporting for a year now. Of course, it is the nature of editors to ask "what have you done for us lately?"
Of course now that line can also be directed to me…..
Eugene John Whatever his fate, Andrew Yang turned out to be a pretty good candidate – his authenticity was a huge asset.
Eugene If he isn't the Democratic nominee for president in 2020, what's next for Andrew Yang?
Owner of the New York Knicks, perhaps?
Our readers are now beginning to get a sense of the relentless demands management puts on reporters.
John Charlie I'm happy to file early and often. Just ask
Also, bringing back what you said earlier Eugene, a switch from Buttigieg to Yang? That's quite a jump!
Maya File under: Voters have multitudes!
When I was in South Carolina a couple weeks ago (different state, but still an early one so still counts), I met a Yang/Klobuchar voter and a Steyer/Gabbard/Biden voter. Voters are weird, and not ideological like reporters think they should be!
Charlie hmmm. The two leaders for Biden here at precinct #316 are not quite accepting this. They're holding everyone's preference cards and asking them to not yet realign. They're counting and recounting their cards.
Speaking of Andrew Yang, according to Ad Analytics, he spent more in the Rochester Minnesota media market than any other candidate in the Dem field – including free-spending billionaire Tom Steyer. Will be interesting to see whether that has an impact in north Iowa tonight.
Hi all, sorry to be a bit late. Some technical issue. Just like here at the caucus. They had the mic shut down, they told everyone it would be fixed if everyone in the gym turned off their blue tooth's. It did not work. Everyone speaking via bullhorn now.
Natasha Now we're getting somewhere. This sounds juicy.
Charlie – one of his favorite parts in his stump speech is asking people if they saw his ads and when the hands go up: "Good because we spent a lot of money on them."
Everyone is echoing a stick together theme. One person booed Michael Bloomberg's name and then they were quickly reprimanded. We don't boo here, they said b
Eugene over $620,000, to be exact!
The preference cards Natasha is referring to are new this year, part of a paper trail to avoid the kind of vote-counting debacles that plagued the caucuses in 2016. They are blue on one side (where you write your first candidate preference) and mustard-colored on the other (where you write your second candidate preference). The cards are 10.5 inches by 5.5 inches and printed on card stock.
"Our group, were all in shock," says one Biden supporter who's been approached and reproached by several campaigns asking him to come over. "I came here for Biden, man," he says and he's leaving.
[I'd like to pretend I just know those little caucus details off the top of my head, Ron Burgundy-style, but the truth is I learned it at a caucus training held by the party last week]
What's so interesting about this is the holding onto the cards, the leaving without realigning (or jointing another campaign) those were behaviors other campaigns said they feared Bernie supporters would engage in.
Natasha That voter is right–it is pretty shocking, no? A former vice president not reaching viability….?
John Natasha And in a Polk County suburb? It's not like we're talking about some college town precinct. I mean, it's just one precinct so it doesn't really mean anything but still…No wonder the guy is surprised.
John it is, particularly here in a suburban precinct where Biden should do a little better. The two precinct captains for Biden here looked absolutely floored.
Individual precincts can be idiosyncratic and weird though, right? I wonder if someone has ever been viable in every single precinct, even in their strongest regions of the state
We've talked a lot about age as a major cleavage in this race, and that's showing up in the entrance poll, too: Sanders (42%) leads among voters under age 45 (they account for roughly 4-in-10 caucus-goers), but he's only at 9% among those 45 and older, who are the majority.
To Zach's point – we've had five candidates in double-digit support in a handful of polls heading into the caucuses. Only once in 10 presidential caucuses have even four candidates reached a double-digit delegate percentage. The system is designed to shake out more delegates for the frontrunners – it's just that four candidates have been running pretty bunched together this time
Maya As our TV ad guru you probably already know this but I was shocked to see Tom Steyer had spent close to $15 million in broadcast and cable TV ads in Iowa. And there's very little evidence he got much bang for the buck here.
Yep, he's the winner of the Iowa ad wars with little to show for it! Though he's spent the most in the state's markets, he's barely registering in the polls there. But South Carolina is his success story!
Zach every candidate will have viability issues in at least one of the precincts, yes. But if you're not doing well where you should be, not a good sign.
Scott How do you know this stuff? if someone wanted to know this stuff–I personally don't need to as long as you are around–where would they go?
To Steve's point, Bernie's advantage among younger voters should show up in places like Johnson County (U of Iowa) and Story County (Iowa State). He crushed in both places in 2016.
John The Des Moines Register has a fantastic compendium of historical results in Iowa, which you can all peruse here! https://data.desmoinesregister.com/iowa-caucus/history/#1976/dem
Per Alex's point above, the caucuses are unspooling on different timelines, depending on precinct. So you can see why the release of the results often drag out.
And speaking of a different timeline: Did they ever get the problems with the app figured out Natasha? That feels like it could extend the night drastically if they didn't
Iowa caucus day: Live highlights and updates
Democratic candidates are criss-crossing Iowa as voters prepare to hand one of them a big win Monday night.
Charlie For East Coast benefit….if someone is hoping to stay up long enough to know the 1-2-3 ranking for sure, but no later, what time could he or she reasonably expect to go to bed?
Holly Amy!
Here's the FIRST alignment results in the Knapp Center. Viability is 127. Five candidates were viable and here are the results: Sanders, Biden barely made it.
Warren - 212 Klobuchar - 140 Buttigieg - 172 Sanders - 129 Biden - 131
Of course, I will be up much later–as will long suffering editors who must move my copy.
One interesting thing to watch is the caucus-goers telling each other to stay, being restless, and some people not seeming to fully understand the importance of second alignment.
Elena Fascinating that all five hit viability in your precinct. That means everyone is guaranteed at least one delegate there. So again, you can see how things can get weird, bunched, unpredictable, etc in a situation where all 5 are hitting in places and everyone is dropping below the threshold in a bunch of precincts around the state
First alignment here:
Sanders: 79 Buttigieg: 51 Klobuchar: 50 Warren: 48 Biden: 45 Steyer: 8 Yang: 5 Bennet: 1 Gabbard: 0
Top five are viable. Biden is viable by ONE person — don't ever say your vote doesn't count!
More entrance poll: Just as there's a huge age split for Sanders, check out Biden: He's at only 4% (!) among caucus-goers under 45, and at 28% among those 45+ (34% among 65+).
John The Associated Press guidance is that first results are expected at 8:30 p.m. EST/7:30 p.m. CST. Hard to know what the back end is because we don't yet know about any possible tech or other reporting glitches in precincts across the state.
Over at another precinct here in West Des Moines, an older gentleman tells me he's first aligned with Tom Steyer, because he knew Steyer wouldn't be viable and it would buy him time to decide who he really wants.
Steve What's your best guess on John's question as to whether he can go to sleep early?
Natasha I love that strategy. Like ordering last at the table at a restaurant!
Charlie Steve To be clear–I'm not worried about myself! But family and friends are curious.
It certainly seems like it will be a long night, Charlie and John. Thus far, the state Democratic Party isn't releasing any data. I'd put on some coffee but hope we'll know in time for the 11 o'clock news.
Here's an interesting tweet from a smart elections observer – speaks to the discussion we had earlier about viability surprises:
Update: they are still counting the number of people in the gym for the first alignment. Big crowd. Some people are starting to sit cross-legged on the gym floor.
A question for our reporters at the precinct caucuses: How orderly are things? I'm not getting the sense that we're seeing the kind of disorder, chaos and bad blood that marked the 2016 caucuses. Is it too early for that? Am I just being naive?
My precinct hasn't even started first alignment yet but we were just told 50 people is viability in precinct 311!
Mine seem a little unorganized. They are re-counting the amount of people here now. It's a huge crowd.
It's not chaotic at all. But some people are confused and tired and wondering why it takes so long.
Charlie incredibly orderly in the four precincts I'm looking at (precincts in suburban Des Moines). Here at precinct 316, Bernie did not reach viability. Biden, Warren and Buttigieg have.
Has anyone else seen pockets of Bloomberg? In our last count there were four people caucusing for him.
Random fact I picked up here in Des Moines: The state Democratic Party has a special hotline number for caucus workers to call in the event of problems. And there are people driving around with extra preference cards in their cars in case any precincts run out of them.
Holly Are you counting John as one of them?
Charlie I'm not sure but this photo of a dog projected on a giant screen might be some kind of calming mechanism
First alignment has started. The Klobuchar and Buttigieg teams just started cheering in precinct 311.
Heard one of the Biden captains yelling for one more person. From the looks of it Yang, Biden and Bernie didn't reach viability during the first alignment. They are still counting Warren.
A puppy!
At my site, the age difference was really striking (though more or less what you'd expect). Lots of 20-, 30-somethings with Sanders. Seniors with Biden. Warren a little bit of both.
680 is the count here at a Des Moines caucus precinct. Each candidate needs 102 people (15%) to be viable here. The suspense!
Just spoke with Sean Bagniewski, Polk County Democratic Chair: He said turnout in Polk County (home to Des Moines) is massive. They printed 20,000 new voter registration cards, expecting that to be more than enough. But 50 of their 170+ precincts called to say they needed more of those cards.
Elena A few days ago, he told me turnout in his county would be above the record-setting 2008 turnout. But it's also worth pointing out that he represents one of Iowa's faster-growing counties, and he noted that population growth would drive the big turnout there tonight – rather than organic excitement.
Elena Any sense of who benefits from that massive Polk County turnout?
It's interesting to try and square these anecdotal reports of big turnout with the lower percentage of first-time caucus-goers in the entrance poll (up slightly to 37% in the latest update)
Great question, Charlie! I don't have a good answer.
Steve The question is where is the big turnout. It's possible that it's just big turnout in a few places.
Charlie - could help candidates who do well with college-educated voters (Warren, Buttigieg), but could also help momentum candidates, like Bernie Sanders.
At my site, which is located in a blue-collar area in West Des Moines, second alignment numbers show Sanders first, Buttigieg second, Klobuchar third, Biden fourth and Warren fifth. They're figuring out how many delegates candidates are getting now.
For those who aren't familiar with Polk County, it's home to Des Moines — the biggest city in the state — and key suburbs such as Ankeny, Johnston and Clive. It's typically the biggest prize on election night in Iowa because of its size. In 2016, Hillary Clinton defeated Bernie there 53-46.
So as a sidenote, if you look to the left of the livechat, you'll see some popular vote numbers coming in! But … it isn't a heck of a lot of people.
Part of it could be early precincts starting to trickle in, but every precinct reports results on its own schedule.
And also, a plug for the wildest caucus locations: Some of the satellite caucuses. This year, in an effort to involve more voters, the Iowa Democratic Party set up satellite caucuses for Iowans who couldn't attend their home caucus. My personal favorite was in Georgia – the country, not the state.
Hey y'all! I'm leaving the caucus site now to head to Sanders' election night party.
Well, at least we have one conclusive report. POLITICO's Quint Forgey writes
"President Donald Trump on Monday coasted to victory in the 2020 Iowa Republican caucuses, quickly quashing his two lesser-known GOP rivals.
Trump won the Republican contest with 97 percent of the vote and 8 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Associated Press, while former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh achieved 1.4 percent of voters and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld garnered 1.2 percent."
Trump wins Iowa GOP caucuses
The results came less than a half hour after Iowa Republicans began caucusing across the state.
At precinct 311, the second alignment is underway with Biden and Yang the only two who haven't reached viability.
Biden is not viable with 71 votes here on first alignment. He needed 102. It's one precinct but CM manager Greg Schultz recently projected that Biden would be viable in 95 percent of counties in the state.
Holly Thanks, Holly. If you get a chance, we'd love to hear from you at the Bernie campaign night party. Especially if it's open bar.
Holly where is that party held?
Alex Where is your precinct?
Polk county precinct 41 at Roosevelt High School
This entire process depends on how well a woman counts. Democracy!
Alex That's a big precinct if you're not viable with 71 votes, no?
Very. 680 people here.
Eugene did Andrew Yang leave your precinct to go to bed, or is he pulling an all-nighter? I hear he's flying into New Hampshire at 4 a.m.
Stephanie he headed straight to his party. I don't think there will be any sleep tonight for that campaign.
At this rate, I think we're all in for an all-nighter!
Stephanie Doesn't he have a bunch of events in NH tomorrow?
One interesting tidbit from Steve Kornacki that we heard in our Rosslyn control room: this time in 2008, a one Sen. Barack Obama was already declared the winner in Iowa. In 2016, more than 50% of precincts had already reported their results.
Eugene Agree that watching the campaigns spin is the most fun. I'd point out that Warren's folks appear to be especially good at this. It's expected; the campaign adopted an Obama-model volunteer structure that since a year ago, worked to empower volunteers so each of them felt some ownership in the campaign. We'll be able to see the results tonight, but some have predicted that Warren will outperform her polling because of it.
Yes he does, Charlie. Three town halls! I hope they've got some Red Bull…
At the same precinct that Biden fell short if viability, Klobuchar makes it by the skin of her teeth. 104 when she needed 102.
It seems like the picture we're getting from all these precinct reports is very similar to the one the polls have been giving us: It's tight, it's muddled, and the second-choice math is very unpredictable
Alex Totally anecdotal, but Klobuchar's numbers appear surprisingly strong.
Really looking forward to getting some broader results and digging through all this
Stephanie Natasha No rest for Klobuchar…she's got three events scheduled for New Hampshire tomorrow, in Concord, Portsmouth and Nashua.
It's sorta fun to muddle through it all even if it's mostly anecdotes at this point.
FIRST alignment here at precinct 41 in Des Moines at Roosevelt HS. Need 102 for viability. Warren-204 Bernie-140 Pete- 111 Amy-104 ! Biden-71 Yang-28
Alex your patience for muddle is greater than mine.
Muddle is fine for another three minutes but starting at 9 central/10 eastern we demand clarity.
I'm curious what the group thinks – if there really are four or even five candidates pulling significant support throughout Iowa tonight, does the winner still get a big bounce out of the first state? I've been operating under the assumption for a long time that whoever wins Iowa could basically run the table after, such is the enthusiasm for taking on Trump
But if we're talking about a winner garnering something like 25-30% of the vote, will that feel a bit anti-climactic?
Scott That's a great question. My guess is that it's a push – and if it's 5 candidates, Klobuchar gets the biggest bounce since she's suddenly top tier.
If five candidates are getting significant support, I find it hard to believe anyone will get a big bounce out of all of this! That means that whoever won will, at best, be in that range you mentioned Scott. Hard to claim any sort of mandate when you have a whopping 28 percent support.
Ah! Just caught a Bloomberg TV ad on MSNBC.
If it's sorta a tie, then maybe it shows that Iowa couldn't figure out the best choice, threw their hands up, and are saying that everyone else has gotta figure it out. Maybe the "most electable" candidate will become more clear with a longer campaign?
On MSNBC, Steve Kornacki relayed a message from the state Democratic Party: The party is doing "quality control" right now, and there's no ETA on when results will start rolling in
Could be quite a long night, everyone
Scott If that happens this would go down as the Emily Litella caucus: "Never mind…." I understand only a handful of us will understand that reference but Charlie is one of them.
John I do. Almost forgot about that one.
In 311, I just got delegate count:
Buttigieg - 4 Klobuchar - 2 Warren - 2 Sanders - 2
I might be the youngest person here who gets it, John
As we all sit here twiddling our thumbs in the absence of voting results, it's worth remembering that, thanks to the new caucus rules, much of this process/counting is new to the Iowa state Dem Party. They know how to do caucuses, but have never had to do them this way with a paper trail, and with the release of three sets of numbers.
Charlie I am having flashbacks to Saturday night waiting for the Des Moines Register poll.
Charlie Great point Charlie. Is it too early to point out that we're going to go through this again but even worse on Super Tuesday, when California will take a few days to process mailed-in ballots?
Scott OMG. I suddenly feel ill.
And while we're at it, who's excited for the prospect of Arizona being a potentially pivotal swing state in November? For reference, Election Day 2018 was on November 6, and the close, 2-point Senate race in Arizona wasn't called until November 12 (h/t POLITICO Senate campaign reporter James Arkin)
My guess is that these delays are simply the result of an excess of caution by the state Democratic Party after the 2016 debacle. But if this is a screw-up of some sort, on the heels of the DMR poll, this doesn't bode well for Iowa in the years to come when the state will have to battle to keep its prized first-in-the-nation status.
In fairness to the state Dem Party, they have made herculean efforts to streamline and modernize the caucus process this year, and gone to great lengths to address many of the concerns from 2016 when Sanders supporters were deeply embittered by how it all went down.
Americans do have the expectation that we'll be able to count votes (yes, I know these aren't technically "votes") fairly quickly. And that is part of being transparent, fair or not.
Either way, this could be a swan song for Iowa, no? David, Laura and Maya all wrote a great story a couple days ago on how Iowans are worried that if they pick incorrectly, they'd be knocked from the top of the calendar.
Iowa Democrats fear losing first-in-the-nation status
If the state fails to pick the nominee — or if the nominee loses to Donald Trump — critics of the heavily white state may well get their…
Scott One important takeaway of a possible big muddle will be its impact on Mike Bloomberg. With no clear winner, it kind of validates his campaign focused on Donald Trump and none of the Democratic primary rivals. He's there to meet them with $1 billion campaign when there are infinitely more delegates at stake starting on March 3. If nobody emerges from tonight, that's one fewer state of the first four for someone to get hot — and more time for him to catch Biden elsewhere.
Yeah, Christopher. Really hard to understate Bloomberg and how much he is spending. An interesting factoid I dug up today: The former mayor spent $8.9 million on Facebook ads ALONE in the last week
Who among us hasn't, though
That's more than ANY Democratic presidential campaign, save for Tom Steyer, has spent on Facebook since they launched. At the risk of getting too in the weeds: Bloomberg is spending differently, too. He's running persuasion ads, meant to win over voters, while other campaigns use Facebook largely for fundraising.
Whatever "bump" the winner gets, it also shrinks by the minute as the wait for results drags on. These news cycles move quickly, and this is bleeding into the Tuesday State of the Union cycle and all-day impeachment on cable. What we already know: Nobody scored big win headlines in prime time Monday.
Makes you wonder if a candidate is going to come out and talk to supporters just for the opportunity to jump on TV for a bit
I don't know about everyone else, but I think I need some caffeine. Sounds like we're going to be here for a while.
This can't be good for the mood at all those caucus night parties, either.
Iowa giving California a run for its money on slow-walking results. Agree with Zach, does this delay begin to factor into the larger convo of whether Iowa should go first?
One reason not to change the channel: The longer it takes for the state Democratic Party to report results, the more likely we get a large percentage of them all at once.
Charlie on the delays; we predicted this earlier after reporting today there was an issue with the reporting app, leading precinct captains to abandon it and call in the results.
Natasha is being modest. She wrote the story this morning.
Charlie A founding editor is not an actual editor at all….so this just a rhetorical question rather than assignment….Should we be getting a short story on our home page to explain to all the folks stopping by why things are so slow and all the grumbling this is causing and how bad it looks for a caucus that was already on the defensive?
Kevin Sheekey, Bloomberg's campaign manager, gives a plug to the boss: "first of all, obviously a Bloomberg terminal would have delivered your results by tonight."
John Our reporters are already working on it.
Christopher Am I correct in guessing that the most of the Democratic voters Bloomberg needs do not know what a Bloomberg terminal is and most will not find the joke very funny once they learn?
where did sheekey make that joke?
John maybe by the time this is over we'll all have Bloomberg terminals!
Christopher I suppose you can afford to laugh at the expense of Iowa Dems if you bypass the state entirely.
Bloomberg's ads are still all over the place there though! I found ten unique ads for him on the airwaves in Iowa today. Most candidates have only two or three!
John the quip was made to Chuck Todd. More Kevin on Iowa, for Charlie. "Call me old fashioned, but I don't really feel like a primary should be a board game. I've had better luck having my nephew explain Minecraft to me than to understand what's going on in Iowa tonight. I've always thought 1 person, 1 vote, was in our constitutional framework and it's really tough to see how that's playing out tonight."
Is Iowa cursed this cycle?
Poll, now this?
Christopher John Only a campaign with unlimited resources and no connections or loyalty to the party would make comments like this. Notice how it's been crickets from the other campaigns.
… for now
I was going to say the same thing, Charlie. I think this is the quietest the candidates have been online in a long time. No fundraising emails hitting my inbox, hardly any tweets. Even the surrogates are being pretty quiet.
Arrived at the Bernie Sanders election night party at the Holiday Inn in Des Moines. A man is hawking shirts outside the say "Bernie Sanders The Original Gangster."
Stephanie Good point. Nearly every news development is an opportunity for some campaign to try to spin it for their purposes or fundraise off it. But not here.
Here's a statement from Iowa Democratic Party Communications Director Mandy McClure:
"The integrity of the results is paramount. We have experienced a delay in the results due to quality checks and the fact that the IDP is reporting out three data sets for the first time. What we know right now is that around 25% of precincts have reported, and early data indicates turnout is on pace for 2016."
Charlie Needless to say "turnout is on pace for 2016" would be a pretty disastrous night for Democrats, who hoped to challenge the 2008 record tonight
But we'll see
Our own Elena is reporting that it sounds like, at least in some cases, the app broke
Steve Is there anything in the entrance poll data that would give an idea as to why turnout would be so…unimpressive?
Let me clarify: We aren't clear yet on what exactly happened with the app. But we know that was the intended reporting system, and now they're doing it via paper.
It's difficult to say, Charlie. The 37% who said it was the first time they've been to a caucus is historically low, but we don't have anything beyond that right now.
"Troy Price has done a good job," Bernie Sanders deputy campaign manager Ari Rabin-Havt says of the Iowa Democratic Party leader. "Let's see what happens."
I'd also note that while it's chilly tonight in Iowa, there was little to no wintry precipitation that would make travel hazardous for folks to get out there.
I think we're getting to a point where a lot of people won't see a victory speech if one happens tonight
A night where the "winner" was already competing with a lot of other news, lost Scott
Another update on how they're dealing with these technical difficulties: The phone line into the Iowa Democratic Party isn't working either. (Another avenue to report results, other than the app.) Polk County precinct chairs are being advised to take pictures of the results and text them over to the Polk County executive director who is driving them to the HQ. This is according to a Democratic operative familiar with the situation.
Elena Wow
Big win for state-run primaries right now
The happiest man in America tonight: Bill Gardner
I'm also curious what Nevada (which is the next caucus and the third state overall) is doing in light of tonight. They probably want to avoid this happening again
(Bill Gardner is the chief elections official in New Hampshire, for those following at home)
An extra wrinkle in Nevada is that those caucuses have early voting. So it can get real complicated out there, real quickly.
Speaking of New Hampshire, we have our baseline for the Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV daily tracking poll there over the next week: Sanders 24%, Biden 18%, Warren 13%, Buttigieg 11%
Keep in mind that this delay is about to wreak havoc on the candidates' schedules. Some of them have events scheduled in New Hampshire tomorrow and others need to get back to DC. And, as of 10 p.m. Central time, no one has any real sense of what happened tonight, and no candidate has been able to give a speech.
This has gone from being kind of a whiny reporter joke to something that demands serious illumination in coming days, even once we get the results. In the context of a country facing questions about the security of its elections and their potential vulnerability to manipulation, the confusion and chaos around these results is genuinely troubling.
Now this individual is being interviewed live on CNN:
I'd be curious to know what exactly the campaigns know about the state of the race at this point. Several of them, at the very least, have their own in-house boiler-room operations or even apps designed to get real time data from their people in various precincts.
Exactly Charlie. Lots of campaigns emphasized their ground game and organizing, and this is part of that.
I have to imagine the Trump tweet is coming any minute…
Now we have Amy Klobuchar speaking at her campaign party, seemingly in good spirits.
Klobuchar goes out w/o results to say "we are punching above our weight."
And she says she's bringing the campaign to New Hampshire, so she's not dropping out.
Have to say it's smart for Klobuchar to go out and get her message out results be damned. If she decided to go to N.H. anyway, why not just take the TV time before most people go to sleep?
Andrew points out that, yes, the White House is already on this. This tweet is from the president's Twitter guru:
Call it my East Coast bias though Christopher, but any other night I'd be getting ready for bed! Wonder how many people are seeing this Klobuchar speech.
Klobuchar has a busy day in New Hampshire tomorrow. She's got town halls in Concord, Portsmouth and Nashua.
Remember, the president has already been attempting to sow discord within the Dem primary by tweeting about how the election is being stolen from Bernie Sanders.
When do the other candidates get in on this airtime? Klobuchar has had all the attention for almost 10 minutes.
Stephanie Boy, this is getting messy. Funny you mention that. This is from a prominent Bernie supporter:
A plug for Holly's great story on Peter Daou, who was a major Hillary Clinton booster in 2016 and is now feeling the Bern
A Hillary 'shill' goes all-in for Bernie
The former Clinton aide who once called Bernie Sanders' movement 'a hate mission against one woman' is now one of the senator's biggest…
Political allegiances may change, but the takes remain hot, apparently
Win or lose, all the candidates are rushing to get their speeches in
They aren't waiting for the final results
Now, Joe Biden takes the stage to give his speech. And it looks like Elizabeth Warren is going to be making her speech at the same time.
MSNBC is sticking with Biden
Bernie is taking the stage "momentarily"
Bernie Sanders announces on Twitter that he is speaking (shortly).
Not sure how they are deciding who to carry live here, though maybe they wait for each other
Here's an updated statement on the situation from the Iowa Democratic Party, attributable to Mandy McClure, IDP Communications Director:
"We found inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results. In addition to the tech systems being used to tabulate results, we are also using photos of results and a paper trail to validate that all results match and ensure that we have confidence and accuracy in the numbers we report. This is simply a reporting issue, the app did not go down and this is not a hack or an intrusion. The underlying data and paper trail is sound and will simply take time to further report the results."
Call me old fashioned here, but are we starting to run into print deadlines for newspapers? Are they even going to be able to have caucus results in morning editions?
The silver lining here tonight, if there is one, is that the weakest of the top tier candidates tonight will be able to dismiss the results in a way that they would not have been able to under typical conditions.
Zach Can you imagine the Des Moines Register not having the results in the next day paper?
It is very possible at this point! Say goodbye to your commemorative front-page covers
Hanging up printed-out tweets just won't feel the same
They can hang that front page right next to the final Iowa Poll one, Zach
A disastrous weekend for Iowa politicos
Zach And so much for Iowa as the winnower. No one is dropping out tonight. Passing out, maybe, but no candidate is dropping out.
I'm at Warren's speech right now. The crowd, full of organizers who have been here for several months, bursts into the nerdy chant of C-F-P-B after the consumer agency she helped create
Warren begins by casting the race as too-close-too-call
Warren campaign is highlighting this line from her speech: "I have a message for every American: Our union is stronger than Donald Trump. And, in less than a year, our union will be stronger than ever when that one man is replaced by one very persistent woman."
Bernie is taking the stage now.
Bernie Sanders jokes that he has "a strong feeling that at some point" the Iowa results will be released, and "I have a good feeling that we're going to be doing very, very well here in Iowa."
And naturally he's giving his standard stump speech.
My takeaway from the speeches we've seen so far: Not quite declaring victory is a delicate art form.
Holly I assume his confidence is based on what reports his campaign received from individual precincts? His campaign had a fairly sophisticated reporting system, right?
Charlie His campaign has an app in which Sanders precinct captains reported results from each precinct to campaign HQs.
Stephanie Thoughts on who gave the best not-quite-declaring victory speech tonight?
Charlie, that's a tough one! I think it was pretty savvy of Klobuchar to go first, though.
The only top tier candidate who hasn't delivered a speech yet is Pete Buttigieg. He's going to be speaking soon. Will be interesting to see if, having had the chance to hear all the other speeches, he plays it safe or uses the opportunity to go in a different direction.
Bernie doing a little Howard Dean there with the state list, though he kept his cool!
Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner says that if the results come out tonight, the Vermont senator will come back out to the stage at the election night party.
Holly Doesn't he have to fly out at some point?
Christopher I thought same…tho Bernie seemed to be smiling as he did it.
Christopher And here is Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale:
Charlie Christopher Not hard to see that one coming……A right-wing relative beat Trump to the punch on the health care line in email to me two hours ago.
Democrats shouldn't laugh off this Parscale statement. He's jumping in to define this mess before they have. In the battle with Trump, fast and effective communication is going to be a big test.
Interesting solidarity from the Iowa state GOP Chair, though:
Zach Iowans stick together
Zach I have to say I'm shocked to see that statement from the Iowa GOP chair. Guess there is such a thing as Iowa nice. Keep in mind he is tweeting that as the Trump re-election campaign is mocking Dems over this meltdown. And also keep in mind that the Iowa GOP is so enamored of the president that he just won 97% of the GOP caucus vote tonight.
Well, you got to think he has the long game for Iowa in mind, Charlie. This could be an existential threat to Iowa's spot at the front of the calendar, at least on the Democratic side.
This is a disaster for the state Democratic Party.
Natasha reports:
Curious about Biden campaign's sternly worded letter requesting delay in results until they get more explanation. Doesn't sound like they had a great night. I haven't seen that from any of the others.
This is Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign manager. Yeah, it's getting ugly out there tonight:
Mook is being accused by a wide variety of folks on Twitter of screwing this up.
Warren campaign manager Roger Lau just came back to chat with the reporters. He was upset with the delay in results, didn't know when they would get them, and argued that Biden was a distant fourth based on their own internal numbers. No evidence of that, however. He said it was Bernie Pete and Warren at the top.
some interesting spin to top off a weird evening
Alex did he say the order of the top three?
So like I said earlier, the Bernie Sanders team developed an app that allowed his Iowa precinct captains to report the results back to campaign headquarters. Here's what senior adviser Jeff Weaver told me Sunday about why they created it: "We want to make sure counts from the some 1700 precincts are accurate. Human error happens"
We've got the state of play – or the state of whatever the heck is happening in Iowa – in a story that just posted on our home page
DES MOINES — The technical meltdown in Iowa Monday night has set off bedlam among the campaigns and providing grist to those hoping to cast doubt on the eventual results.
No results had been reported by midnight Eastern, and two campaigns told POLITICO that after a conference call with the Iowa Democratic Party, they didn't expect any results until Tuesday at the earliest.
The lack of clarity out of Iowa may have thrown a lifeline to Joe Biden, who, according to the Iowa entrance poll, was hovering close to the viability threshold of 15 percent statewide. It likewise may have delivered a blow to Bernie Sanders, who appeared on track to do well in the state. Whether the victor turns out to be Sanders or another candidate, that candidate was denied the chance to give an election night victory speech to a nationwide audience — a springboard heading into New Hampshire.
Campaigns expect no Iowa results until at least Tuesday
The technical debacle may have thrown a lifeline to Joe Biden, who according to an entrance poll was close to the viability threshold of 15…
Christopher no he did not Chris. He said "it's a mess"
but said that they are confident it's Bernie, Warren, and Pete on top
Now, at 12:22 Eastern time, Pete Buttigieg takes the stage to give his speech.
Opening statement: "What a night!"
Charlie as someone pointed out on Twitter, it is Tuesday.
Did he really just say 'Iowa you have shocked the nation'?
He's right! Iowa has shocked the nation … just not how they wanted to.
Zach! Lol.
"Iowa, you have shocked the nation," Mayor Pete says, "because by all indications we are going on to New Hampshire victorious."
This is an interesting play by the Buttigieg campaign. They sat back and watched everyone's statement – and they decided to use the opportunity to claim victory. That's a step beyond what his rivals did tonight, including Bernie.
Does it matter if he narrowly loses to Bernie, who, we should add, was the one making rivals nervous that he was going to claim a win?
The RNC weighs in with a statement:
WASHINGTON — Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel released the following statement on tonight's Iowa caucus: "While the outcome in Iowa is still uncertain for Democrats, the Republican Party is more unified than ever behind President Trump and his historic record of results," said Chairwoman McDaniel. "In November, Americans will choose four more years of President Trump's historic progress for our country."
Buttigieg is also declaring victory via tweet.
Stephanie "By all indications"? Isn't that precisely the problem? We have no indications.
Maybe it should say "in lieu of indications," Charlie.
He's also got several black supporters behind him on stage. Heading to New Hampshire with another challenge to the notion that he's failing to connect with the demographic.
Amy Klobuchar's camp is saying she exceeded expectations, but still no public data to back this (or Buttigieg's victory speech) up.
Buttigieg's statement is pretty funny given that Sanders' rivals said they feared he would be the one to declare victory before official results were released.
Holly Such a great point.
Rivals campaigns were griping that Bernie would jump the gun and declare victory in an attempt to game the reporting of caucus results. And what has happened is that we have no results and Buttigieg has jumped the gun and declared victory.
Holly Zach And note the Klobuchar campaign manager's remark re: Biden…"with numbers we've seen internally and publicly."
We're kinda in uncharted territory right now, because campaigns can claim whatever they want and we have no way of knowing what's true or not because of this debacle
Charlie Yup. We haven't gotten any numbers like that from Sanders' campaign yet.
So here's where we are. It's nearly midnight in Iowa, and we have no caucus results. So the campaigns are scrambling for leverage. Bernie hints that the results will be very, very good for him. Buttigieg claims victory. Biden campaign sends a letter from its general counsel to the IDP designed to cast a shadow over the results when they eventually appear.
You can already see the poison working its way through the party. #TomPerezResign is now trending on Twitter. Bernie's supporters, already inclined to believe the party is working behind the scenes to stop him, smell a rat.
Seems like Biden is managing expectations in an email to supporters just now. He writes: "We're in this for the long haul – remember it's not about tonight, but about the whole campaign."
Charlie While the campaigns say they don't expect results until tomorrow, we haven't heard anything from the state party over the past two hours. It's unthinkable.
And something has to fill the vacuum – I suspect that will be the individual campaigns, releasing their own unofficial numbers, perhaps selectively.
Misinformation online, caucus results in question, eroding faith in the party. This is exactly what Democrats wanted to avoid in 2020 and it's only night one.
Here we go, indeed.
Also remarkable to me is the total radio silence from the state party. Not only are results incredibly delayed, they aren't saying anything publicly and from all accounts haven't talked to campaigns either.
Joe Biden supporters waiting for results. M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO
I have the same energy as the guy in the front right now
Zach C'mon. The night is still young. The spin is still fresh.
Here's a recent email from the Biden campaign. Every word and clause designed for a purpose.
"[T]he Iowa Democratic Party is working to get the results straight, but all indications show it will be a close race. We feel good about where we are – and now we're on to New Hampshire…"
Now, because Buttigieg opened a Pandora's box by declaring victory, the Sanders campaign has released its own internal caucus numbers.
From the Sanders press release:
DES MOINES, Iowa – Due to the failure of the Iowa Democratic Party to release results tonight and in the interest of full transparency, Bernie 2020 Senior Advisor Jeff Weaver is releasing the campaign's internal reporting numbers, which represent the results from nearly 40 percent of precincts in Iowa.
"We recognize that this does not replace the full data from the Iowa Democratic Party, but we believe firmly that our supporters worked too hard for too long to have the results of that work delayed," Jeff Weaver said. The data below was collected by trained Sanders volunteers at representative precincts from all four congressional districts from a cross section of urban and rural parts of the state.
The Bernie numbers – which should be taken with many grains of salt – are interesting in this regard: They show Sanders' percentage in the first alignment is roughly equal to his percentage of state delegate equivalents. Buttigieg, meanwhile, sees his support in the first alignment grow almost 4 percentage points to the state delegate equivalents.
And the Sanders' internal tally, from fewer than 40% of precincts, does match up with the entrance poll in this regard: It suggests Sanders and Buttigieg are the most likely candidates for the first two spots when this is all counted and released (whenever that is).
Steve So what's your best guess about releasing 40% of precincts, when his campaign almost certainly has better numbers.
Cynically, you'd suspect it's from his best precincts. But who knows?
And the Sanders election night party is closing its doors …
Steve What's that line from Field of Dreams?
"Is this heaven?"
"No, it's Iowa."
Well, we're in for another big news day tomorrow, or later today, I should say. The caucus results are unresolved, candidates arrive in New Hampshire, President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union. I'm going to need a lot of coffee.
And let's not forget, another debate on Friday!
My big takeaway, Charlie: We all should've known when the Iowa Poll tanked on Saturday night.
Maya I totally forgot about that. Holy smokes.
Just in case we weren't stressed out enough!
We'll let Maya have the last word as we scramble to put together a coverage plan, reroute reporters and try to make sense of this mess. And just think – there are 49 more states to come.
Good night, and thanks for sharing your night with us. We'll be back for the New Hampshire primary, and I hope you'll join us again.
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Samantha Gambles Farr MSN FNP-C CCRN RNFA DNP/Ag-ACNP (c)
President San Diego Black Nurses Association, Inc. (2019- Present)
Samantha Gambles Farr is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a career in nursing for over 20 years. Her specialties include surgical, cardiothoracic, neuro-critical intensive care and those critically injured in traumas.
She currently works as the Surgical Intensive Care Nurse Practitioner for UC San Diego Health in the Department of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery. Ms. Farr has also worked at several prestigious hospitals including Loma Linda University Medical Center and Stanford Healthcare. In addition to working in various ICUs, Samantha is a Registered Nurse First Assist and retains certification to assist surgeons in the operating room. In addition, she works as Clinical Faculty at the Hahn School of Nursing for the University of San Diego. In an effort to further her education, she continues her journey to obtain a Doctorate of Nursing Practice with post Masters Adult Gerontology- Acute Care Specialty from University of Arizona. Upon graduation in 2020, she will become a double board certified, doctoral prepared Nurse Practitioner with certification in acute care and family management.She is very active in her professional and personal volunteer activities:
Past President for California Association for Nurse Practitioners: North County Chapter
Health Policy & Practice Committee member for California Association of Nurse Practitioners
Immediate past Member-At-Large (2017-2019) for Society of Critical Care Medicine on the Nursing Steering Committee
Recipient of Presidential Citation 2018 for Society of Critical Care Medicine
2018 Advance Practice Nurse of the Year Award for the National Black Nurses Association, Inc
Current Health Policy Chair of the North County San Diego NAACP Chapter
Honored as a Recipient of the Distinguished Woman Award for community service
Member of Neuro-Critical Care Association
Member of National Nursing Honor Society: Sigma Theta Tau/ Beta Mu Chapter
Member of the National Leadership Honor Society: Omicron Delta Kappa
Advisory Board Member of The Sepsis Coalition for 2016-2017
A member of North County African American Women's Association
Mentor for Becoming A Global Citizen, a mentoring program for middle school girls
A member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.- Psi Tau Zeta Chapter, North County San Diego Chapter
Interface~ main focus of the mission trips is to provide cleft lip/palate and other plastic reconstructive surgeries to under-served children and adults internationally
With multiple research projects, research poster and presentations, book contributions Samantha remains busy educating others in nursing and public forums with invited podium educational presentations. Her mission is to provided evidence based care to all she has the privilege to care while providing mentorship to others interested in all levels of medicine and nursing.
She also has a daughter Kai who lives in Rome, Italy and is completing her degree in International Business with a focus on fashion.
DR. Martha A Dawson DNP, RN, CNS, FACHE PRESIDENT, NBNA
Dr. Martha A. Dawson is the President of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Dr. Dawson is a dynamic health care leader, sought-after lecturer, and workshop and seminar leader focusing on health care leadership. In 2019, Dr. Dawson was inducted into the Alabama Nurses Hall of Fame. Dr. Dawson was the chief nursing office and VP of Clinical Operations the university that developed the drive thru Flu Shots. A model for mass immunization that is being used by CDC to mass testing.
ROBERT L GILLESPIE, M.D., FACC, FASE, FASNC
CARDIOLOGIST: SHARP REES-STEALY MEDICAL GROUP
Dr. Robert Gillespie, born and raised in Gary Indiana, received his undergraduate degree from UCLA and his medical degree from the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Loyola Medical Center in Chicago and completed his fellowship in cardiology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography. He is director of the Nuclear Imaging Department at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group. He has been with the group for 24 years. He has recently began teaching fellows at University of California, San Diego as an assistant professor.
Dr. Gillespie has lectured frequently to his colleagues both on a local and national level on a variety of topics including congestive heart failure and multiple topics related to cardiac imaging. He most recently has been lecturing on heart failure in multiple cities across the United States. He is a member of several professional societies including the American College of Cardiology, National Medical Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and he is Chairman of the Board for the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC). He is past co-chair of the heart failure and acute coronary syndrome committees at Sharp Memorial Hospital, as well as a number of other of other hospital committees.
Dr. Gillespie remains very active in clinical research. His primary research interests have been related to imaging the heart with echocardiography, nuclear and CT. He has published in a number of journals such as American Journal of Cardiology, and Heart. He previously co-authored a statement regarding cost effectiveness of stress myocardial imaging for the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. He has been primary investigator or co- investigator on a number of clinical trials particularly in the area of congestive heart failure that have been published in Circulation, The Journal of the American College of Cardiology and others. He was recently co-first author on an article published on July 29, 2014, addressing the 2014 hypertension guidelines. This article went on to be chosen as the most influential article on hypertension in JACC for 2014. He then co-authored another article in JACC in 2015. He was a co-author on a chapter in the book titled "Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities" published in September 2009. He has been on the Best Doctors list since 2007. He was recently featured on ACCEL, the prestigious podcast produced by the American College of Cardiology (ACC). He has chaired sessions at both the national meetings for the ACC in 2015 and 2016. He has been featured on multiple media segments on San Diego news as well as other Sharp Healthcare segments for local media.
Dr. Gillespie remains active in his community. He frequently provides educational programs for local organizations and churches on topics ranging from patient empowerment to hypertension. His most recent emphasis has been to train members in the community on cardiovascular disease so that they can be empowered to share their knowledge with others to decrease the devastating risk factors that plague the African American community. He was recently awarded a Community Pillar Award by Sharp Healthcare for a project that trained 45 members in the community to be heath advocates. He was also recently honored by the American Heart Association receiving the Lifesavers distinction for his work in the San Diego community focusing on reducing cardiovascular diseases.
He is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and is president for his local chapter of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity.
He is married to Lisa Gillespie and has two children, Jayden age 17 and Morgan age 16.
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Q: prove that there is no non zero solution to $a^3+b^3=c^3$ Prove that there do not exist three consecutive positive integers a, b, c such that $a^3+b^3=c^3$.
How do we proof this using contradiction?

A: Write $\;a=n-1\,,\,\,b=n\,,\,\,c=n+1\;$ , so you want to know whether$
$$(n-1)^3+n^3=(n+1)^3\iff2n^3-3n^2+3n-1=n^3+3n^2+3n+1\iff$$
$$n^3-6n^2+6n-2=0$$
and now use the rational root of integer polynomial theorem.

A: Consider the equation mod $4$.

A: if the order of the integers is $a \lt b \lt c$ then $a$ and $c$ must be odd and $b$ even. so for some $n$
$$
8n^3 -24n^2 -2 =0
$$
now apply @Robert's hint

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Big names in cycling headline Tour of California
Associated PressMay 11, 2019, 7:24 PM EDT
The Tour of California was once a quaint upstart race that took place in February, so early on the worldwide cycling calendar that nobody really paid it much attention.
That has changed dramatically in the past 14 years.
Now, the race has carved out a crucial week in mid-May opposite the opening week of the Giro d' Italia, the first of the three Grand Tours. And that means it has become a key prep race for riders who have designs on racing in the Tour de France when July rolls around.
Riders such as Richie Porte, who is making his Tour of California debut on Sunday as he begins the ramp up to the Tour de France, where he is expected to be one of the overall favorites.
"In the (general classification) game every day is the most important," said Porte, who rides for the U.S.-based Trek-Segafredo team. "There's no day you can switch off. Maybe a bit of a shame for me there's no time trial, but there's plenty of climbing."
Indeed, this year's edition of the Tour of California might be the toughest in race history.
The only real sprint stage is the first, which begins in Sacramento and returns to the state capital for its finishing circuits. Otherwise, riders will face nearly 70,000 feet of climbing over seven stages, including a climb to Carson Pass, the highest point the race has reached.
The penultimate stage includes the grueling ascent of Mt. Baldy.
"It all comes down to Baldy and staying out of trouble the other days," said George Bennett of Team Jumbo-Visma, who won the overall two years ago. "It's going to be a challenging week."
As the biggest race in North America gets set to begin, here are some things to know:
THE CONTENDERS: Anybody with the legs to climb. That means Porte and former teammate Rohan Dennis, who is now with Bahrain-Merida, will be at the front of the peloton. EF Education First will feature Tejay van Garderen and Colombian climber Rigoberto Uran.
"It's always a treat to be able to come home," said van Garderen, who grew up in Washington and won the 2013 overall. "Now being on a truly American team coming and racing on American soil provides a different feel and a different level of motivation."
None of the contenders will have to deal with Egan Bernal, the defending champion. He was set to ride for Team Sky in the Giro before breaking his collarbone.
THE SPRINTERS: The few fast finishes should come down to Mark Cavendish, who is finally feeling good after a bout of mononucleosis, and Peter Sagan, who has a record 16 stage wins in the race.
Then again, neither has been particularly good lately.
Cavendish had a long illness to blame for his form, but Sagan's performance this season has been a mystery. The three-time world champion has just one victory on his resume, and he skipped the iconic one-day classic Liege-Bastogne-Liege to rest for a busy summer.
"I have to be ready for Tour de Suisse, nationals and the Tour de France," he said. "I'm very happy to be back here. … I hope it's going to be a good year and I'm hoping to do something."
THE AMERICANS: For the first time, USA Cycling has cobbled together a national team of promising young riders to race alongside 13 WorldTour teams and five Pro Continental teams.
"I'm grateful to USA Cycling for giving me the opportunity to showcase my talent here," said 21-year-old Alex Hoehn. "It's not often that a young rider like me gets to line up with some of the best in the pro peloton, and this will be an experience I will remember for the rest of my life."
THE WOMEN: The Tour of California again will feature a three-day women's race that runs alongside the final three stages of the men's race. It begins in Ventura and finishes in Pasadena.
"I'm really excited the race is in Ventura," said Kendall Ryan of Team TIBCO-SVB, who grew up in California and won a stage in last year's race. "I know the finish line like the back of my hand. I know every pothole and crack in the road."
Australia's Jay Vine wins Tour Down Under
ADELAIDE, Australia — Australia's Jay Vine defended his overnight lead to win the Tour Down Under, the first event of the 2023 World Tour.
Simon Yates of Britain won the final stage and moved up from third to second place on overall standings. Vine came in second on the stage to secure the biggest win of his career in a stage race.
The UAE Team Emirates rider took the overall tour lead when he finished second in Stage 2 and third in Stage 3. He came into the final stage with a 15-second lead on general classification.
The 70-mile stage involved four laps of a 15.5 mile-circuit through the Adelaide Hills before finishing just beyond the summit of Mount Lofty.
Yates led the crucial attack on the ascent less than 1.2 miles from the finish, but Vine jumped onto his wheel and Australian Ben O'Connor also joined in.
O'Connor led out close to the finish line, Vine briefly passed him but Yates came over the top to claim the stage win. Vine retained his overall advantage and claimed the title in his debut appearance in the Tour Down Under.
The 27-year-old made his name in e-Sports before being signed by the UAE team after winning the academy program on the Zwift online platform. He won two stages of the Vuelta a Espana last year and the Australian Time Trial title.
"It's pretty incredible to be standing here and wearing this jersey," Vine said. "The way we drove that was first class. My guys were incredible."
The final stage featured a breakaway of 13 riders but Vine's UAE teammates led the chase by the peloton and put their rider in a position to contest the win.
Yates again rode an aggressive race but had to be happy with the stage win.
"We came Down Under with a lot of ambition. We put a lot into it and we didn't come away with the overall but we can walk away pretty happy," Yates said. "Obviously Jay Vine is a massive talent and the crowd will be happy with a local winner."
France's Coquard wins Tour Down Under Stage 4; Vine leads
ADELAIDE, Australia — French cyclist Bryan Coquard won Stage 4 of the Tour Down Under for his first-ever World Tour win, while Australia's Jay Vine retained the overall tour lead by 15 seconds with one stage remaining.
Coquard is a lightweight sprinter who has had 49 wins in a decade-long career but had never won on the World Tour until he cleared out near the finish to claim the 82-mile stage by a margin of about just over 100 feet.
Vine was among the leading group that shared Coquard's winning time and who retained his lead on general classification over Britain's Simon Yates and Germany's Phil Bauhaus. The race concludes with Stage 5, which ends atop 2,329-foot Mount Lofty.
"It's a long time that I've waited for this win, 10 years," said Coquard, who rides for the French Cofidis team. "I never really expected and I'm very happy and relieved with this win."
While the stage was flat and suited sprinters, it had its challenges. Cross-winds and occasional gradients made the stage difficult and confounded some riders.
After an early breakaway by Jonas Rutsch and former tour winner Daryl Impey of South Africa, the peloton broke into two groups with Vine and other tour leaders among the leading group.
The leading group stayed together around the last, sharp bend towards the finish and Coquard bided his time until his late sprint left other riders flat-footed.
"It was pretty stressful," Vine said. "There was one point there, I thought we were going to have an easy day and I was happy, smiling, waving to families on the side of the road.
"Then, 45 kilometers in it was on and it was on until the end so it was a very hard day. There was a lot more calorie expenditure than I was planning."


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Poverty and obesity are abetting COVID-19 in sickening Shelby County's young people|Weathersbee
The notion that young people can't get COVID-19 is proving to be as far-fetched as the internet rumor that gargling with salt or vinegar in warm water will kill the virus that causes it.
That's especially true here in Shelby County.
According to the Shelby County Health Department, more than 4 out of 10 people testing positive for COVID-19 are younger than 34.
That's a lot.
That percentage is probably partly due to more people being tested, and to younger people shunning masks and social distancing because they believe, well, that the virus loves old, sick people more than them. But another culprit exists.
And, again, that culprit is poverty.
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Nearly 35 percent of children in Shelby County are poor. The child obesity and overweight rate, according to a 2019 community health needs assessment by Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare,is 39 percent.
Living in food deserts and within budgets that cover the cost of sweetened fruit juices easier than the the expense of real fruits lead many children to become overweight or obese.
In fact, Dr. Joan C. Han, director of the pediatric obesity program at LeBonheur Children's Hospital, said obese boys are five times more likely to be obese as adults, while girls are nine times more likely to wind up in that predicament.
But now, it seems obesity is a key indicator of whether someone will wind up with COVID-19 - and young, obese people; i.e., the ones younger than 34 here, are especially vulnerable to it.
Johns Hopkins Hospital cardiologist David Kass, the co-leader of a recent study published in The Lancet, told Johns Hopkins Magazine that their findings indicated that young people who wind up with COVID-19 and are hospitalized for it are likely obese.
To Han, those findings make sense.
"People around the country are acting as if this is an older person's disease, but the truth is that If you have obesity as a young person, your risk of getting COVID-19 is so much higher," she said.
"In fact, the risk of children as young as two years old, who need to be intubated and on a ventilator is three times higher from obesity ... we have really severe obesity here, and that raises a lot of concerns about what COVID-19 does ..."
Kass also said that with the advent of COVID-19, younger people must treat obesity as a serious pre-existing condition.
But many people in Shelby County can't afford the cost of that treatment.
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, poor, mostly Black people in Shelby County were filling their pantries and refrigerators with ramen noodles, pasta, processed meats and other foods more suited to stave off hunger than to make them healthy.
The younger people, people ages 18 to 34 whose obesity is predisposing them to COVID-19, aren't likely to embark on a healthier eating quest when their budgets, or their parents' budgets, are strained by layoffs and furloughs, and the costs of produce and healthier fare won't allow them to stock up on enough groceries to last through the end of the month.
That's the real injustice here.
The people who are comprising a large group of COVID-19 sufferers here should, ideally, be perfectly equipped to avoid it. Being younger than 34 should equate to the kind of hardiness that should make their immune systems impenetrable to most viruses.
But the poverty that poisoned their opportunities for good health as children is making them more vulnerable to being sickened and dying from a pandemic as adults.
And while gargling with salt water or lemon, or other magical means to prevent COVID-19 don't exist, many of the victims younger than 34, more than likely, could have avoided it by eating healthier.
That is, if they could only afford to do so.
You can reach Tonyaa Weathersbee at 901-568-3281, tonyaa.weathersbee@commercialappeal.com or follow her on Twitter: @tonyaajw.


It is said that two girls were murdered in the this theater which was once a church. That night, the janitor disappeared and has not been seen since. People have reported seeing one of the girls walking up the stairs. People have also reported seeing the spirit of a woman who was left at the altar when it was a church. She can be see roaming through the seats crying.
Hey, want to talk about street clsniog, Adams Street just north of Western has had one lane the curb lane closed for a couple of months now. The building on the east side of the street is losing its brick facade at the top, it's a three story building, the bricks are still laying on the sidewalk and the street. Makes a great impression as you enter Peoria from the south.
I have performed at the Lewiston Civic Theatre and can attest to the fact that the lights definitely go off and on. This wouldnt seem substantial evidence except for the fact that the light switches are very old and difficult for a human to turn on and off, let alone a ghost...and yet, they manage it.For myself, the creepiest place of the theatre is the "Shoe Closet" which was origially a coal shoot. I dont know that there is evidence that anything really happened there, but it definitely gives you chills.One night during a performance I caught a glimpse of white up in seats which may or may not have been the lady supposedly left at the alter. I couldnt be sure, but I definately stumbled on some lines.Lastly, and most importantly, when entering the dressing room on night (everyone else was already up on stage) I caught sight of a dark haired young man behind me in the mirror. When I turned he was gone. No one else was there and there was nothing that I could have mistaken for a man around. I was startled, but decided to keep it to myself, for fear of being teased for an overactive imagination. However, the next day while working on the set, one of the set hands asked me: So, have you seen him yet? I responded: "Seen who?" To which he replied: "The ghost." And I knew then, it wasnt my imagination, but a definite experience.


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Steve Kearney from Los Trios Ringbarkus, in "A Stretch of the Imagination" by Jack Hibberd (Directed by Lois Ellis), The Fairfax Studio, Victorian Arts Centre 1984
This was an amazing one-man play, quite crazy, so energetic. Steve was all over and under the stage, coming up through one trap door to disappear down another. While I got many good images from the rehearsal, I wasn't quick enough to get the real crazy edge to the character I'd seen in the performance. So I asked Steve if he could recreate that look and energy again right in front of the camera. Not an easy thing to do, especially after putting so much into the rehearsal. But Steve gave it his all, going back into character to give me this close up of his character at his extreme. Steve was also well known for his performances with the duo Los Trios Ringbarkus. These days, he is an actor, writer and producer based in Melbourne.
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Well, today's the day. With all the polls shifting up and down, and generally disagreeing with each other, it's very difficult to predict how this day will end.
On the one hand, I have difficulty believing that a majority of voters in enough of the right states will fall for John Kerry's charlatanism and vote him in. On the other hand, I recognize the tremendous level of hatred that the Left has for George Bush. And, let's face it: Bush is vulnerable by his own hand, although less so than by the distortions and outright lies promulgated by the Kerry/Edwards campaign and the Bush haters.
Overall, however, an objective look at the political landscape finds us in pretty good shape. The economy is okay and unemployment is better than when Clinton was reelected. Although Iraq is a troubling quagmire, and despite the media's negative portrayal of the Iraq situation, a lot of good things are happening there. And Afghanistan has just completed successful democratic elections. Our actions against al Qaeda and terrorist sympathizers and supporters like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein have weakened and confused terrorist enemies. As a result, the U.S. has not been attacked since 2001. We have to keep the heat on the terrorists.
I shudder to think what will happen if Kerry is elected. His drive for world consensus and his apparent devotion to the United Nations scare the Hell out of me. His Viet Nam service record shows what an opportunist he is, and his Senate disservice shows what an empty suit he is. A man with no philosophical center as President of the U.S. in 2005-2009 is the wrong man, in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
Say a prayer for America. Pray that the good Lord makes George W. Bush the victor.


The Detroit Lions are replacing the turf at Ford Field, with a new FieldTurf Classic HD system to be installed before the 2019 season.
Starting on May 1, the Lions will work over an estimated four weeks to install the new Ford Field turf—a FieldTurf Classic HD system. The new playing surface will replace the existing FieldTurf that was installed in 2013.
Classic HD uses slit-film yarn intended to strike a balance between durability and feel. FieldTurf uses a mix of high-end polymer and UV stabilizers to create individual fibers that are designed for durability.
The announcement from the Lions marks the latest addition to the slate of field replacement projects taking place around the NFL this offseason. Among the other teams to announce similar initiatives include the Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings, who will install new turf at their respective homes, Mercedes-Benz Stadium and U.S. Bank Stadium.