Andrea Mitchell just mentioned the Romney Santorum mess in Iowa that DUer John1956PA posted about
earlier
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12947882
John1956PA (1,375 posts)
15. The media should remind viewers of the failure regarding the 2012 Republican Iowa caucus.
Immediately after the 2012 Republican Iowa caucus, Romney was said to be the winner by 8 votes. However, the certified results issued seventeen days later declared Santorum as the winner. Unfortunately, tallies from eight precincts were lost, causing the true outcome to remain unknown.
From Wikipedia:
On January 20, 2012, Santorum was declared the official winner of the January 3 Iowa caucuses based on the certified results from 1,766 precincts (results from 8 precincts could not be found). Santorum (29,839 votes, 25%) had defeated Romney (29,805, 25%) by 34 votes.
To make matters worse, in June of 2012, the winner of Iowa's Republican delegates eventually went to Ron Paul.
From https://www.businessinsider.com/ron-paul-wins-iowa-caucuses-2012-6 :
It also gives Iowa its third Republican presidential winner of the 2012 election cycle — a potentially bad sign for a state that prides itself on its first-in-nation caucus status. The Republican Party descended into chaos after this year's January caucus, which was initially called for Mitt Romney until the state GOP declared Rick Santorum the real winner. The debacle led to the resignation of Iowa's state GOP chair, and Ron Paul's highly-organized army of grassroots supporters stepped in to fill the leadership void.
The media should emphasize that Glitches in Iowa caucuses have beset both parties.
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