由于技术故障和历史性的失败，周二上午在爱荷华州举行的前一天晚上的民主党党团会议没有明确的获胜者，2020名候选人继续向新罕布什尔州前进，在那里，全国的第一次初选将在整整一周内举行。
由于爱荷华州民主党首次推出的一款帮助选区领导人将结果制成表格的应用程序出现故障，导致官方结果的缺失，这让民主党候选人陷入了一个艰难而尴尬的境地。
目前，每个人都必须前往新罕布什尔州进行最后一分钟的竞选活动，而不需要正式知道自己在爱荷华州的表现。爱荷华州一直是总统选举年的第一场竞选。爱荷华州党团选举投票显示，参议员伯尼·桑德斯和前印第安纳州南本德市市长皮特·巴蒂吉格表现良好，而前副总统乔·拜登预计表现不佳。
爱荷华民主党誓言将在周二尽快公布结果。尽管选区长们在报告应用程序上遇到了麻烦，但该党表示，所有的投票都有书面记录作为支持，并且将会核实其准确性。
虽然爱荷华州的竞选无疑是头条新闻，并有能力为竞选活动提供动力，但对于新罕布什尔州将如何投票，或其他初选结果如何，党内预选会议仍远非最终结果。
在爱荷华州，希拉里·克林顿在2016年险胜桑德斯，参议员特德·克鲁兹(德州共和党)击败了唐纳德·特朗普。同年，在新罕布什尔州，桑德斯以巨大优势击败了希拉里，而特朗普占据了他的领域，前俄亥俄州州长约翰·卡西奇位居第二。
新罕布什尔州也将有一场民主党辩论。到目前为止，拜登、巴蒂吉格、桑德斯、明尼苏达州参议员艾米·克洛布查尔、亿万富翁汤姆·施泰尔、马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦和企业家杨安泽都有资格参加周五的活动。
尽管如此，民主党候选人还是在周一晚上试图宣布胜利，即使爱荷华州没有任何官方结果。
2月3日，在新罕布什尔州康科德的国家大厦游客中心，过去和现在的总统候选人的竞选按钮装饰着玻璃框。
“我们不知道所有的结果，但我们知道当一切都说完了，爱荷华州，你已经震惊了全国，因为，所有迹象表明，我们将胜利地前往新罕布什尔州！”但是在周一晚上的演讲中，他告诉支持者们。
在周二的早间新闻发布会上，Buttigieg加倍努力，他认为这是一个明显的成功，他吹嘘自己竞选中的“内部数字”。
桑德斯的竞选团队很快追随了巴特吉格的脚步，公布了他们自己的内部数字，显示独立的佛蒙特州参议员很可能是赢家。
桑德斯的高级顾问杰夫·韦弗(Jeff Weaver)在一份声明中表示:“我们认识到，这并不能取代爱荷华州民主党的全部数据，但我们坚信，我们的支持者工作太努力了，时间太长了，以至于工作结果不能推迟。”。
克洛布查尔告诉支持者，他们“出拳超过了我们的体重”她的竞选经理贾斯汀·博恩(Justin Buoen)在一条推文中称，“根据我们在内部和公开场合看到的数字，[甚至领先于副总统拜登。”
沃伦吹嘘她相信自己有出色的表现，但没有宣称自己获胜。当她告诉支持者特朗普“被一个非常执着的女人取代”后，这个国家会变得多好时，她得到了他们的强烈赞扬
其他人则质疑尚未知晓的结果的合法性。
正如拜登的竞选副经理兼宣传总监凯特·贝丁菲尔德(Kate Bedingfield)在推特上写道的那样，拜登竞选团队对选举的合法性和“过程的完整性”提出了质疑。“[·特]今晚的报告系统有缺陷，这应该引起选民的严重关注，”她补充道。
在给爱荷华州民主党的一封信中，拜登的总法律顾问达纳·雷穆斯要求“在任何官方结果公布之前，对你所采用的质量控制方法进行全面解释并提供相关信息，并有机会做出回应。”
前马萨诸塞州州长德瓦尔·帕特里克采取了完全不同的方法。他没有指名道姓地批评他的对手，而是批评了拜登和巴蒂吉各自的既定立场，而没有先看到结果。
“一名候选人对结果提出质疑，因为他显然表现不佳。另一个是在没有任何选票确认的情况下宣布胜利，”帕特里克在一份声明中说。“击败唐纳德·特朗普的方法不是像唐纳德·特朗普那样行事。我们的党和我们的国家应该得到更好的。”
WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY AFTER HISTORIC IOWA CAUCUS DEBACLE LEAVES NO CLEAR WINNER
With no clear winner Tuesday morning from the previous night's Democratic caucuses in Iowa, thanks to technical malfunctions and a historic debacle, 2020 hopefuls marched on to New Hampshire, where the nation's first primary will take place in exactly one week.
The lack of official results, due to failures with an app that the Iowa Democratic Party rolled out for the first time to help precinct captains tabulate results, leaves the Democratic candidates in a difficult—and awkward—place.
For the time being, each one must move on to New Hampshire for last-minute campaigning without officially knowing how he or she performed in Iowa, which is always the first race in a presidential election year. Iowa caucus entrance polls suggested Senator Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg were poised to do well, while former Vice President Joe Biden was projected to underperform.
The Iowa Democratic Party has vowed to release results as soon as possible on Tuesday. Despite precinct captains facing troubles with the reporting app, the party has said all votes were backed up with a paper trail and will be verified for accuracy.
While the Iowa contest is certainly headline-grabbing news and has the ability to provide campaigns with momentum, the caucuses remain far from being the be-all end-all for how New Hampshire will vote, or how the rest of the primaries will turn out.
In Iowa, Hillary Clinton narrowly beat Sanders in 2016, and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) bested Donald Trump. In New Hampshire that same year, Sanders beat Clinton by a wide margin while Trump dominated his field, with former Ohio Governor John Kasich placing second.
There will also be a Democratic debate in New Hampshire. So far, Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, billionaire Tom Steyer, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and entrepreneur Andrew Yang have qualified for the Friday event.
Still, Democratic candidates tried on Monday night to declare victory, even without any official results from Iowa.
Campaign buttons of presidential candidates, past and present, decorate framed glass enclosures in the visitor center at the State House in Concord, New Hampshire, on February 3.
"We don't know all the results, but we know by the time it's all said and done, Iowa, you have shocked the nation because, by all indications, we are going on to New Hampshire victorious!" Buttigieg told supporters in a Monday night speech.
In a morning show media blitz on Tuesday, Buttigieg doubled down on what he considered an obvious success, touting "internal numbers" from his campaign.
The Sanders campaign quickly followed in Buttigieg's footsteps, releasing their own internal numbers that showed the independent Vermont senator was likely the winner.
"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, a senior adviser to Sanders, said in a statement.
Klobuchar told supporters they were "punching above our weight." Her campaign manager, Justin Buoen, claimed in a tweet that "[w]ith the numbers we've seen internally and publicly, we're running even or ahead of Vice President Biden."
Warren touted her belief she had a strong performance but made no victory claims. She received strong praise from supporters when she told them how much better off the country will be after Trump "is replaced by one very persistent woman."
Others questioned the legitimacy of the yet to be known results.
The Biden campaign raised questions about the legitimacy and election "integrity of the process," as Kate Bedingfield, Biden's deputy campaign manager and communications director, wrote on Twitter. "[T]here were flaws in the reporting systems tonight that should raise serious concerns for voters," she added.
In a letter to the Iowa Democratic Party, Biden General Counsel Dana Remus requested "full explanations and relevant information regarding the methods of quality control you are employing, and an opportunity to respond, before any official results are released."
Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, took an entirely different approach altogether. Without naming his opponents, he criticized Biden and Buttigieg for each of their pre-determined stances without first seeing the results.
"One candidate is calling the results into question because he apparently didn't do well. Another is declaring victory without any votes being confirmed," Patrick said in a statement. "The way to beat Donald Trump isn't to act like Donald Trump. Our party and our country deserve better."
