US President, Donald Trump
DES MOINES (Iowa, US), Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chaos in the Iowa Democratic caucuses, where contest results have been delayed by technical glitches, have been seized upon by Pres Donald Trump as a victory.
The outcome of the first stage in the Democrat race to pick a candidate for November’s presidential election was left unsettled on Tuesday morning.
Democratic officials admitted that a “coding error” in the app used to report results was to blame.
Trump easily won the Republican contest.
The debacle on the Democrat side, on the other hand, was “an unmitigated disaster,” he tweeted. “The only person that can claim a very big victory in Iowa last night is ‘Trump'”.
Votes for the Democratic contest will be tabulated by hand and reported later, officials said.
However, the indeterminate result on the night has created scepticism of the caucus process and reignited questions over whether Iowa – a rural, white state not representative of the US electorate as a whole – should continue to be the place to hold the first primary contest.
Trump dismissed the suggestion. “As long as I am President, Iowa will stay where it is. Important tradition!” he tweeted.
Democrats hoping to take him on in this year’s election have set their sights forward.
Many have already landed in New Hampshire, where the next primary contest is due to be held on Tuesday, Feb 11. — NNN-AGENCIES