D.N.C. Leader Now Calls for ‘Surgical’ Recanvass in Iowa Image Tom Perez, the Democratic National Committee chairman, in Los Angeles in December. Credit... Allison Zaucha for The New York Times Less than one-tenth of a percentage point separates Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders in Iowa after the Iowa Democratic Party released more results Thursday night. Data is now in from 99 percent of precincts. The latest results are here.

A New York Times analysis published Thursday morning found that the caucus results released by the party have been riddled with inconsistencies and other flaws.

Tom Perez, the Democratic National Committee chairman, tweeted that “enough is enough” and called for the Iowa Democratic Party to “immediately begin a recanvass,” though he later said he wanted only specific precincts re-examined. Here’s what a recanvass would look like.

In spite of the confusion, Mr. Sanders declared victory in Iowa on Thursday, after Mr. Buttigieg had already crowned himself the winner on Monday night.

Meanwhile, the Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning in New Hampshire, which holds its primary on Tuesday. A new poll showed Mr. Sanders with a narrow lead over Mr. Buttigieg in that contest, followed by Joseph R. Biden Jr., Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar.

Feb. 6, 2020, 10:07 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 10:07 p.m. ET By Tom Perez says he wasn’t calling for a statewide recanvass after all. Less than 10 hours after announcing that he was “calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass,” Tom Perez, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said he had actually been calling only for isolated recanvassing of areas where irregularities had been reported in the caucus results. In an interview with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC late Thursday, Mr. Perez pointed to “questions raised” about the tabulations in specific precincts, such as one in Black Hawk County where some state delegate equivalents were mistakenly awarded to Deval Patrick. “We have a shared interest in making sure we had accuracy, so what we did today is asking to make sure that if people need a recanvass in this precinct or that precinct, that it’s done,” he said. In response to a follow-up question from Ms. Maddow, he confirmed that he was not calling for a full, statewide recanvass. “Assuming no candidate files a request, it will be surgical, surgical,” Mr. Perez said. “Because we want to make sure if somebody raises a question, we have an opportunity to answer that question.” Read more

Feb. 6, 2020, 8:54 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 8:54 p.m. ET By With 99% reporting, Iowa is a dead heat. Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are separated by less than one-tenth of a percentage point in the Iowa caucus results after the state Democratic Party released state delegate totals from another set of precincts Thursday night. With the latest results now posted, 99 percent of precincts have reported caucus data. (An earlier version of this post stated that the remaining outstanding results were believed to be from so-called satellite caucus locations in northeastern Iowa’s First Congressional District, but those results now appear to have been reported.)

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Feb. 6, 2020, 8:39 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 8:39 p.m. ET By Astead W. Herndon and Warren apologizes after a report that women of color left her Nevada staff in frustration. Image A volunteer waiting for Elizabeth Warren to arrive in Derry, N.H., on Thursday. Credit... Ruth Fremson/The New York Times DERRY, N.H. — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts apologized Thursday after a report detailed complaints from several women of color on her Nevada staff, who said they felt unheard and marginalized by the campaign and its leadership. The article, reported by Politico, said six women of color had left Ms. Warren’s Nevada operation since November, and three of the departed staff members cited an unwelcoming culture in which their voices went unheard. One of them, Megan Lewis, said that “we were all routinely silenced and not given a meaningful chance on the campaign.” “Complaints, comments, advice, and grievances were met with an earnest shake of the head and progressive buzzwords, but not much else,” she added. On Thursday, after an event in Derry, Ms. Warren apologized to the women directly, and said she apologized personally to the women. “I believe these women completely and without reservation and I apologize that they have had a bad experience on this campaign,” she said. “I tried to build a campaign and an organization that is diverse and welcoming, that celebrates people, that encourages people to bring their whole selves to work every single day.” Ms. Warren added: “I also understand the long legacy of racism in this country and what it means, how it creates power dynamics and inequities that are toxic and dangerous. That’s why it’s so important that we be constantly vigilant and determined to do better.” The story comes as Democratic campaigns face a changing culture, in which more staff members from diverse backgrounds are being included in decision-making and feel comfortable voicing complaints. Late last month, The New York Times reported that several staff members of color on the campaign of former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., felt disrespected and tokenized. The campaign organized listening sessions and a workplace survey to hear the complaints. However, Mr. Buttigieg did not apologize as directly as Ms. Warren. “We’re proud of the staffers who stood up and made their voices heard to help our campaign improve and be more inclusive,” Mr. Buttigieg said at the time. “We realize that we can always do better and these honest discussions are how we make progress, and we will continue to provide our staff the safe space to have them.” Ms. Warren and Mr. Buttigieg are struggling to win support from nonwhite Democrats, languishing in single digits among black and Latino voters in national polls. Both will need to diversify their coalitions in order to succeed in more racially diverse states, including Nevada and South Carolina — which vote after New Hampshire. Read more

Feb. 6, 2020, 8:25 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 8:25 p.m. ET By Sanders plays down the idea that he’s the front-runner. Image Mr. Sanders held a press conference regarding campaign updates at his New Hampshire headquarters in Manchester, on Thursday. Credit... Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Senator Bernie Sanders said he was not the leader in the Democratic primary race, as he tried to move on from Iowa during a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Thursday night. Asked whether he was the front-runner, he said, “No.” “I think we have an excellent chance to win here in New Hampshire,” he added. “We won in Iowa. We’re up against some stiff competition in the Democratic primary.” As he has done repeatedly since Monday, he expressed frustration with Iowa, a state he had vowed to win leading up to the first-in-the-nation caucuses. “We’ve had enough of Iowa,” he said. “It’s really sad that the Democratic Party of Iowa, if I may say so, screwed up the counting process.” His remarks were similar to ones he made earlier in the day, when he declared himself the winner of the Iowa caucuses because he had won the popular vote. Read more

Feb. 6, 2020, 7:58 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 7:58 p.m. ET By Warren says she’ll skip Aipac. DERRY, N.H. — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said Thursday that she would skip this year’s annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobbying group. She made the pledge after she was asked not to attend by a questioner at a town hall event who said she had first knocked on doors for Ms. Warren during the candidate’s 2012 Senate bid. “I’m an American Jew and terrified by the unholy alliance that Aipac is forming with Islamaphobes and anti-Semites and white nationalists,” the woman said, adding she was grateful Ms. Warren was among the Democrats to skip the conference last year. “And no Democrat should legitimize that kind of bigotry by attending their annual policy conference.” Ms. Warren did not respond to the characterization of Aipac but answered the question with a quick “yeah” and a wave. Ms. Warren went on to describe her views of negotiating the relationship with Israel as president. “The way I see this is that for America to be a good ally of Israel and of the Palestinians, we need to encourage both parties to get to the negotiating table, and we’re not doing that if we keep standing with one party and saying, ‘We’re on your side, we’re going to get you all the things you ask for,’ for all kinds of political reasons domestically here and domestically in Israel,’” she said. She said she favored a two-state solution. “The details, the settlements, the occupations, the capital — that’s what the parties should negotiate,” she said. Read more

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Feb. 6, 2020, 7:35 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 7:35 p.m. ET By Yang lets dozens of staff members go. Image Andrew Yang at a climate event in Concord, N.H., on Wednesday. Credit... Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times MANCHESTER, N.H. — Andrew Yang’s campaign let dozens of staff members go this week, officials said Thursday, shrinking the size of an operation that has grown steadily for months after the Democratic presidential candidate had an underwhelming showing in Iowa that appears to have left him without any pledged delegates. The layoffs, which were reported by Politico, involved mostly staff members in Iowa as well as political and policy staff members, according to S.Y. Lee, a spokesman for the Yang campaign, who said the campaign had employed more than 200 people before the layoffs on Wednesday. Politico reported that the cuts included a number of senior-level staff members, which Mr. Lee denied. Though it is not unusual for a campaign to reduce staffing levels after the Iowa caucuses, the departure of top aides would be cause for alarm. “As part of our original plans following the Iowa caucuses, we are winding down our Iowa operations and restructuring to compete as the New Hampshire primary approaches,” Zach Graumann, Mr. Yang’s campaign manager, said in a statement. “These actions are a natural evolution of the campaign post-Iowa, same as other campaigns have undertaken, and Andrew Yang is going to keep fighting for the voices of the more than 400,000 supporters who have donated to the campaign and placed a stake in the future of our country.” On the trail, Mr. Yang has repeatedly signaled in recent days that a strong showing in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday is critical to his campaign. Though he raised $16.5 million in the fourth quarter, recently filed Federal Election Commission records show that at the start of 2020, Mr. Yang’s campaign had only $3.7 million in cash on hand. Read more

Feb. 6, 2020, 6:45 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 6:45 p.m. ET By The Associated Press ‘is unable to declare a winner’ in Iowa. The Associated Press “is unable to declare a winner” of the Iowa caucuses, it announced Thursday evening. Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont are virtually tied with results in from 97 percent of precincts. It is very easy, at this point, to imagine a situation in which we know who won New Hampshire — which holds its primary on Tuesday — before we know who won Iowa. Like most news outlets (including The New York Times), The A.P. is basing its Iowa calculations on the number of state delegate equivalents each candidate won, not on the raw number of supporters at the beginning or end of the caucuses. Mr. Sanders has a clearer lead on those measures, but it is delegates that will ultimately determine the presidential nomination — and in terms of delegates, he and Mr. Buttigieg are separated by a fraction of a percentage point. Technology problems have marred the reporting process all week. Results from some satellite caucuses have yet to be released. And even before the Iowa Democratic Party has finished its initial tabulation, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee is calling on officials to do another one. “The Associated Press calls a race when there is a clear indication of a winner,” Sally Buzbee, The A.P.’s senior vice president and executive editor, said in a statement. “Because of a tight margin between former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Bernie Sanders and the irregularities in this year’s caucus process, it is not possible to determine a winner at this point.” Read more

Feb. 6, 2020, 6:19 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 6:19 p.m. ET By How are ‘satellite’ votes being measured in Iowa? Good question. The winner of the Iowa Democratic caucuses might come down to one not-so-simple question: How many state delegate equivalents does a satellite caucus get? Widespread use of satellite caucuses is a new feature of the 2020 race. The Iowa Democratic Party, responding to calls to make the process more accessible, allowed people to apply to hold them wherever there were groups of Democrats who wished to participate but otherwise couldn’t, such as at universities, hospitals, out-of-state military installations or overseas. It was a mystery then who might stand to benefit. It’s now clear that Senator Bernie Sanders has benefited. In the final preference vote in satellite caucuses, he defeated Pete Buttigieg by a staggering margin of 47 to 7 percent. But what is not clear is how many state delegates that’s worth. Party documents lay out conflicting ways to award delegates, and the contest is so close that the small difference matters a lot. And since this was the first time the Iowa Democratic Party released Iowa satellite caucus results with tabulated vote tallies, it was not even known until Wednesday night that it could be unclear. Read more here.

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Feb. 6, 2020, 4:18 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 4:18 p.m. ET By Buttigieg has raised $2.73 million since Monday. Image Pete Buttigieg spoke at the Merrimack American Legion in Merrimack, N.H., on Thursday. Credit... Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., announced on Thursday that he had received 63,841 donations totaling $2.73 million in the three days since his strong showing in the Iowa caucuses. In an email to supporters, Mr. Buttigieg cast these numbers both as evidence of momentum and as insufficient in the face of the more than $25 million Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont raised in January. Mr. Buttigieg has not announced how much money he raised last month. “Bernie is still first in the polls in New Hampshire, and we’re being massively outraised by his campaign,” Mr. Buttigieg wrote. “Can you make a donation today to help us take on Bernie in New Hampshire? He’s got one of the most well-funded organizations in politics and has been building his email list for years.” Mr. Buttigieg’s lead over Mr. Sanders in the state delegate count in Iowa has almost vanished as more results have come in, and his rhetoric has noticeably shifted. Three days after declaring victory based solely on internal numbers, he wrote in his email, “Although we don’t know the results of the caucuses quite yet, we do know this — folks from all walks of life are excited about what this campaign stands for and what we’ll do for the future of our nation.” Read more

Feb. 6, 2020, 3:58 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 3:58 p.m. ET Imagining a pink White House. Image Credit... Ruth Fremson/The New York Times A child colored with markers during Senator Elizabeth Warren’s visit to a day care center in Exeter, N.H.

Feb. 6, 2020, 3:45 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 3:45 p.m. ET By Buttigieg: New Hampshire ‘famously thinks for itself.’ MERRIMACK, N.H. — Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., seemed to tone down his rhetoric about Iowa’s caucus results Thursday, backing off from his previous declaration of victory and instead saying his campaign was “absolutely electrified” heading into the New Hampshire primary. Mr. Buttigieg appeared Thursday afternoon at his only public event of the day, an event targeted at New Hampshire veterans. Mr. Buttigieg is the only veteran in the race’s top tier, and he touted that experience as uniquely qualifying for the presidency. Citing New Hampshire’s history of backing a different candidate than Iowa, he said he understood he could not coast to victory here. “I am also mindful & humbled by the fact that New Hampshire is New Hampshire, and New Hampshire is not the kind of place to let Iowa or anybody else tell you what to do,” Mr. Buttigieg said to laughs. He added that the state “famously thinks for itself.” Read more

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Feb. 6, 2020, 3:37 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 3:37 p.m. ET By Trip Gabriel and What would a ‘recanvass’ in Iowa look like? Tom Perez, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, mentioned a “recanvass” when he demanded that Iowa Democrats double-check votes from the Iowa caucuses. There is also the possibility of a “recount.” What’s the difference? In short: A recanvass involves checking the math on 1,756 precinct work sheets. A recount would require the hand-counting of about 180,000 preference cards from caucusgoers across the state and around the world. Read on for more about how we got to this point, and what would most likely happen if a recanvass or recount occurs.

Video Credit Credit... Todd Heisler/The New York Times Feb. 6, 2020, 3:14 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 3:14 p.m. ET By What the campaign trail looks like in New Hampshire. MANCHESTER, N.H. — New York Times photographers are following the Democratic presidential candidates across New Hampshire, as they hold events in opera houses, community colleges and elsewhere. Image Joseph R. Biden Jr. greeted supporters after an event in Somersworth, N.H. Credit... Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times Image Kate Neal brought her son, Wesley, to an event for Senator Bernie Sanders in Derry, N.H. Credit... Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times Read more

Feb. 6, 2020, 1:50 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 1:50 p.m. ET By Iowa Democratic Party says it will conduct a recanvass if a campaign requests it. Image Troy Price, chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, in Des Moines on Tuesday. Credit... Hilary Swift for The New York Times Shortly after Tom Perez, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, called for a “recanvass” of the Iowa caucus results amid delays and irregularities, the Iowa Democratic Party said in a statement that it would conduct such an audit should a presidential campaign request it. “Should any presidential campaign in compliance with the Iowa Delegate Selection Plan request a recanvass, the IDP is prepared,” said Troy Price, the chairman of the state party. “In such a circumstance, the IDP will audit the paper records of report, as provided by the precinct chairs and signed by representatives of presidential campaigns.” Read the full statement below: While I fully acknowledge that the reporting circumstances on Monday night were unacceptable, we owe it to the thousands of Iowa Democratic volunteers and caucusgoers to remain focused on collecting and reviewing incoming results. Throughout the collection of records of results, the IDP identified inconsistencies in the data and used our redundant paper records to promptly correct those errors. This is an ongoing process in close coordination with precinct chairs, and we are working diligently to report the final 54 precincts to get as close to final reporting as possible. Going forward, we are fully committed to the integrity of the preferences expressed by dedicated, passionate, and fervent Iowa Democrats. This caucus opened new opportunities for accessibility that were never available before – including over 1,500 caucusgoers attending satellite caucuses in senior living centers, Mosques, and overseas, and first-of-their-kind Spanish language and hand sign sites. This process will not be complete until we honor them. Since the beginning of the process, we have taken unprecedented steps to gather redundant reports to ensure accuracy of all underlying data. The IDP is nearing completion in collecting redundant materials from all 1,756 precincts, including hand-collecting materials from all 99 counties which are securely stored in Des Moines. Should any presidential campaign in compliance with the Iowa Delegate Selection Plan request a recanvass, the IDP is prepared. In such a circumstance, the IDP will audit the paper records of report, as provided by the precinct chairs and signed by representatives of presidential campaigns. This is the official record of the Iowa Democratic caucus, and we are committed to ensuring the results accurately reflect the preference of Iowans. Read more

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Feb. 6, 2020, 1:33 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 1:33 p.m. ET By ‘It was evil, it was corrupt’: Trump on impeachment. Image President Trump spoke at the White House on Thursday. Credit... Doug Mills/The New York Times President Trump was by turns celebratory and caustic at a noontime news conference on Thursday, following his acquittal in the Senate of two impeachment charges on a party-line vote a day earlier. “It was evil, it was corrupt, it was dirty cops,” Mr. Trump said of the impeachment process. “​I don’t know if other presidents would have been able to take it.​” He castigated several Democrats who shepherded the House through impeachment committee hearings and votes last year, labeling Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “horrible person.” And he predicted that Republicans would win back control of the House in November because of an electoral backlash against “this impeachment hoax.” Mr. Trump also challenged the impartiality of the Democratic presidential candidates who are also senators and voted on his charges — a striking line of criticism considering that many Republican senators indicated they would vote to acquit even before the trial again. Speaking of the senators running for president, who include Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, he said, “They are saying the most horrendous things — it’s O.K., it’s politics — and then they’re supposed to vote on me.” The president’s long-list of thank-yous included his lawyers, House Republican leaders and Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, who drew a standing ovation. But even as Mr. Trump expressed delight over Wednesday’s vote, it was clear that the permanent stain of impeachment on his presidency had affected him. “It’s a very ugly word to me, a very dark word,” Mr. Trump said of impeachment. “They brought me to the final stages to impeachment, but now we have that gorgeous word — I never thought a word would sound so good — it’s called total acquittal. Total acquittal.” Read more

Feb. 6, 2020, 1:14 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 1:14 p.m. ET By Sanders declares victory in Iowa caucuses. Image Senator Bernie Sanders held a news conference in Manchester, N.H. Credit... Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Senator Bernie Sanders declared victory in the Iowa caucuses on Thursday, even as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee called on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a full “recanvass” of the results from Monday night. “What I want to do today, three days late, is to thank the people of Iowa for the very strong victory they gave us at the Iowa caucuses,” Mr. Sanders said. In the results released so far, Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., has a tiny lead over Mr. Sanders in state delegate equivalents, the metric by which the winner of the caucuses is usually judged. But Mr. Sanders, speaking at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters, cited his lead in other, raw numbers that are effectively an expression of the popular vote in Iowa. “Even thought the vote tabulations have been extremely slow, we are now at a point, with some 97 percent of the precincts reporting, where our campaign is winning the popular initial vote by some 6,000 votes,” Mr. Sanders said, sounding frustrated but resolute. “In other words, some 6,000 more Iowans came out on caucus night to support our candidacy than the candidacy of anyone else. And when 6,000 more people come out for you in an election than your nearest opponent, we here in northern New England call that a victory.” His announcement immediately put him at odds with Mr. Buttigieg, who has also declared victory. On the night of the caucuses, he seized on the uncertainty to pre-emptively crown himself the winner — and has continued to do so since. Mr. Sanders had a different take on Thursday, however: With eight candidates competing in Iowa, and a voter turnout of, by his estimation, about 180,000, he called his margin of victory “decisive.” In unusually harsh terms — at odds from the tone his campaign struck earlier this year — Mr. Sanders also laced into the Iowa Democratic Party, calling what happened a “screw-up” and an “outrage.” “I think what has happened with the Iowa Democratic Party is an outrage — that they were that unprepared that they put forth such a complicated process,” he said, that relied on “untested technology” and volunteers. And he blamed the news media for putting “too much emphasis” on the state delegate equivalents, which are a measure of the estimated number of state delegates won by each candidate. In response to questions about his decision to declare victory amid inconsistencies and the call for a recanvass, Mr. Sanders argued again that he had won on the popular vote measure. “We won an eight-person election by some 6,000 votes. That is not going to be changed,” he said. The mess in Iowa is in some ways a victory for Mr. Sanders, who has railed against the Democratic Party for years. Since 2016, when he narrowly lost to Hillary Clinton in Iowa, he and his allies have also raised questions about the caucuses and how the state party reports results. Sanders allies immediately jumped on reports that there were inconsistencies this year to express vindication and call attention to weaknesses in the process. “The fact that we now have clear results of the popular vote is something that we fought for, that did not exist in 2016,” he said. Though he stopped short of casting doubt on the 2016 results — “I don’t want to revisit 2016,” he said — he did say there was “some supposition that we actually won the popular vote” that year as well. In addition to declaring himself the winner on the first count — “the popular initial vote” — Mr. Sanders also said he had won on the second count, known in Iowa as realignment. “In that process,” he said, “we are now ahead by over 2,500 votes.” Read more

Feb. 6, 2020, 1:01 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 1:01 p.m. ET By Sanders leads Monmouth poll of New Hampshire voters. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont climbed to a narrow lead in a new Monmouth poll of New Hampshire voters, who will cast their ballots on Tuesday. Mr. Sanders had 24 percent support in the poll, which included both registered Democrats and independent voters who are likely to participate in the primary. He was followed by former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., at 20 percent; former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at 17; Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at 13; and Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota at 9. Each of the top five candidates was within the margin of error — plus or minus 4.4 percentage points — of the candidates directly above and below them. The poll is roughly in line with the results coming out of Iowa, which are incomplete but show Mr. Sanders and Mr. Buttigieg in a tight race for first and second, followed by Ms. Warren, Mr. Biden and Ms. Klobuchar. But only 49 percent of voters said they had made a firm decision. “There are some hints in the poll that Buttigieg could be helped and Biden hurt as the caucus results start to sink in,” Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said in a statement, noting that voters want to choose a candidate who can beat President Trump. “Confidence is contagious, and voters want to go with a winner.” If voters’ preferences do shift, “this might not happen until the final days,” Mr. Murray said. Behind the top five were Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and the entrepreneur Andrew Yang at 4 percent each, and the former hedge fund executive Tom Steyer at 3 percent. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado — who has staked his entire campaign on New Hampshire, campaigning exclusively there even in the last days before the Iowa caucuses — was at 1 percent. Read more

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Feb. 6, 2020, 12:39 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2020, 12:39 p.m. ET By Reid J. Epstein and Tom Perez, D.N.C. chair, calls for ‘recanvass’ in Iowa. MANCHESTER, N.H. — Following more delays and errors in reporting of the Iowa caucus results, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee called on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a full “recanvass” of the state. “Enough is enough,” Tom Perez, the D.N.C. chairman, said on Twitter on Thursday. “In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass.” The delay in results that began on Monday night has continued for days, with at least 3 percent of the state results still unreported as of Thursday. And according to a New York Times analysis published on Thursday morning, more than 100 precincts across the state reported results that were either internally inconsistent, missing data or that were not possible under the complex rules of the Iowa caucuses. A statewide re-canvass would require a “hand audit” of worksheets from the more than 1,600 caucus precincts in Iowa and 87 satellite caucuses in Iowa, other states and overseas. It would not require officials to hand count the preference cards filled out by tens of thousands of caucusgoers. At issue is the math that leaders of caucuses — in particular satellite caucuses — used to determine the allocation of state delegate equivalents, the metric that will determine Iowa’s winner. The problem now centers on the Delegate Selection Plan — essentially, the rules of the caucus — that was approved by the D.N.C. State party officials gave different information about how satellite caucuses would allocate state delegate equivalents to the presidential campaigns than was in the delegate selection plan, a Democratic official said. Some of the presidential campaigns based their satellite caucus strategy around the calculations articulated in the plan published by the D.N.C., and others did so based on information they had received from the state party. The discrepancy led to the chaos that has enveloped the week following the caucuses. Read more