on february 3, 2020, the iowa caucuses were held, however, due to an issue with apps used to count the votes and spread the delegate votes, the results were announced the following day. the next day, 71% of the votes were released showing pete buttigieg leading sanders by less than 2%. on february 10, sanders and buttigieg asked for a recount. the overall results, sanders won the popular vote winning 45,842 (26.5%) while buttigieg won 26.2% of the state delegates equivalents to sanders' 26.1%. on february 27, buttigieg was declared the winner of the iowa caucus despite sanders winning the popular vote.