Earlier Thursday evening, the Associated Press broke the big news about Iowa: that it couldn’t declare a winner:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press is unable to declare a winner in Iowa’s 2020 Democratic caucuses. — Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 6, 2020

With 100 percent of precincts finally reporting, it looks like Pete Buttigieg might have bested Bernie Sanders by a tenth of a percent in state delegate equivalents (SDEs):

*BUTTIGIEG HOLDS LEAD IN IOWA WITH 100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING — Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) February 7, 2020

Yeah, like he is going to be President. — Sparkmeister (@mucoachdoug) February 7, 2020

HAN SHOT FIRST — Wokey McWokeface (@PermaTroll) February 7, 2020

Pineapple on pizza! — bobloblaw (@lobberofblobs) February 7, 2020

Cue the conspiracies!! — stacey kaser (@writeorama) February 7, 2020

While there will almost certainly be a request for a recount, Daniel Nichanian has weighed in with some caveats:

?IOWA UPDATE, with 100% of precincts according to the IDP. Buttigieg is AHEAD of Sanders in SDE count by 1.51 SDE (that's less than 0.1%). Note: IDP did NOT change its allocation of satellites SDEs. — Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020

?CAUTION ? Some glaring mistakes that have been widely reported for more than 24 hours were NOT fixed. 1) Des Moines-14 is still glaringly incorrect. Sanders should be netting 0.2798 SDE here. https://t.co/nXTEGywpYE — Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020

2) Ocheyedan Precinct 0500 is still incorrect. Also was flagged yesterday. Sanders should be getting 0.1 SDE that is going to Buttigieg (so a net of 0.2 SDE). (Please, as you read this thread, verify all for yourself: https://t.co/tLrsfNjATl)https://t.co/LPrFjh92vJ — Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020

3) Muscatine 2 is still incorrect. This was also flagged yesterday, and this one benefits Buttigieg: He is owed 0.1667 SDE (taken from Biden, so a net of 0.1667 for him). — Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020

4) A bigger one: Des Moines-80. Per the votes IDP is reporting on its website right now (& I believe were on camera), the allocation is wrong. It should be 0.2798 SDE more for Sanders, & 0.2798 less for Buttigieg. That nets 0.56 for Sanders (1/3rd of current deficit). — Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020

5) The IDP is saying that 100% are reporting, but UAW Local 893 (a CD1 satellite) shows 0 voters for all candidates. (I suppose it's possible no one showed up at all here; I have no other results. Still flagging.) — Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2020

WHOOPSIE DOODLE — Jack Pfiester (@TheJisforJack) February 7, 2020

Lol — David Gómez Trujillo ??✂️ (@DGomezTruj) February 7, 2020

This is bull crap. Where is Deval Patrick's %? I demand a recanvass. — Guy Faux (@Faux_Guy_) February 7, 2020

These candidates are trash. Well done Democrats. — Fuzzy Dunlop (@FuzzyDunlop235) February 7, 2020

Worst party ever. — Tango (@Jeff11108239) February 7, 2020

@TomSteyer spent $67 million for each one-tenth of a percentage point. — Thomas Florence (@Thomas_Firenze) February 7, 2020

Prepare for absolute anarchy — catduck (@kingxerocole) February 7, 2020

There's no way Biden finished 4th. He did much worse than that. — Crapplefratz – Will Tweet For Food (@Crapplefratz) February 7, 2020

Surely the really big news is not who's leading but how poorly Biden did? — Kate Hunter (@katelhunter) February 7, 2020

I dont believe any of what's going on, we need to go back to paper ballots. — Squee (@Squee91719979) February 7, 2020

Bernie screwed again. — Sam Valley (@SamValley) February 7, 2020

Got your marching orders like in 2016. — Jon Stall #BernieOrBust (@ArnieVinic) February 6, 2020

blink twice if tom perez in the room with you holding a gun — The Piper at the Gates of Jawn (@lakewitchhouse) February 6, 2020

I've heard @ScottAdamsSays tell us the media chooses our candidates but this is ridiculous. https://t.co/5kVBPawvvB — Mike Partyka (@MichaelJPartyka) February 7, 2020

Can you give us a clue what the DNC will Instruct you to tell the people — Joebugged (@joebugged) February 6, 2020

The real prize is the friends they made along the way — Ottokickeditin (@ottokickeditin) February 6, 2020

I’m about to take the stage at the #CNNTownHall. The first time I was here, few people knew me or how to pronounce my name. Now we've won the Iowa Caucuses and we’re just 5 days away from the New Hampshire Primary—tune in. — Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 7, 2020

Bernie won Iowa. That's it. That's the tweet. — People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) February 7, 2020

Guess we're not doing that accepting election results thing. https://t.co/chceHu1p1s — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 7, 2020

Pete's claiming victory too. They all should. Why not? — It's still 2016 apparently (@jtLOL) February 7, 2020

Here’s some nonsense from Thursday night’s CNN town hall for all the Buttigieg fans out there:

That’s his pull quote?

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