Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Iowa Sets Up Democrats for Even More Chaos

Sanders and Buttigieg may claim victories, but the party is no closer to agreeing on a nominee.

February 5, 2020 at 12:39 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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As the count from Iowa’s caucuses continues, I think we can now say that what has happened couldn’t have done much more to maximize chaos in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination. That applies to the results so far as well as to how they were released.