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Tehran 4 February _Significant delays in announcing the results of Democratic caucuses in the US state of Iowa have caused confusion as Americans kicked off the first closely-watched vote to choose a November election challenger to Republican President Donald Trump.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_The Iowa Democratic Party says the delay is due simply to "a reporting issue".
Iowa’s caucuses are the test for the frontrunners, leftist Senator Bernie Sanders and moderate former vice president Joe Biden, in the process to determine who will face Trump in November.
Sanders and Biden had been leading the polls in Iowa, followed by Senator Elizabeth Warren and former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg.
Despite the absence of reported results, Sanders is claiming victory, citing internal campaign data.
According to the Sanders campaign, the senator garnered 28.62% in nearly 40% of precincts in Iowa.
Sanders earlier told cheering supporters "When those results are announced I have a good feeling we're going to be doing very, very well here in Iowa."
"Tonight in this enormously consequential 2020 election, the first state in the country has voted, and today marks the beginning of the end for Donald Trump." He added.
Biden has condemned the delay, saying there were "considerable flaws" with the reporting system.
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