All disasters are, almost by definition, the result of a bunch of things going wrong at once. Seems like last night was a combination of the app, as well as a caucus with lots of candidates, many of whom weren't at viability, AND ALSO new, fairly complicated rules for reporting.
Dawned on me last night as we headed towards 10pm that the caucuses *themselves* were taking far far longer than usual. That's before you even get to the reporting issues. I was at a preinct in Des Moines in 2016 and they were done in about 40 minutes, total.
Iowa kind of ended up in a worst of both worlds: instead of a simple primary or a simple caucus, where people just showed up and gave a tally (which is basically how the GOP does it), they kept all the complications and then, to make it extra transparent ADDED A BUNCH OF NEW ONES
Have primaries on Saturdays in every state, IMHO.
