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    What We Know About The App That Delayed Iowa's Caucus Results

    Iowa Democratic Party officials said a new smartphone app designed to speed the results actually ended up delaying them. Last month, NPR reported on security and other concerns with the app.
    by Avie Schneider Feb 04, 2020 5 minutes
    Presidential preference cards are counted at a caucus at West Des Moines Christian Church in Iowa on Monday. Problems with a smartphone app designed to report the caucus results ended up delaying an official count.

    Updated at 2:51 p.m. ET

    Who won Iowa?

    Iowa's Democrats had hoped that a new smartphone app designed to collect the results of its caucuses would let the party get the count out to the public more quickly.

    But as of Tuesday afternoon, the state's Democratic Party was still struggling to report the outcome of Monday night's caucuses, blaming the delay on problems with that app. The party said it plans to release "the majority of caucus results" by 5 p.m. ET Tuesday and will issue the rest of them "as we are able to."

    Shadow Inc., the company that developed the app for the party, apologized for the delay in a series of tweets Tuesday afternoon.

    "We sincerely regret the delay in the reporting of the results of last night's Iowa caucuses and the uncertainty it has caused to the candidates,

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