Shadow App Iowa. Iowa caucuses Shadow app CEO says bug had 'catastrophic impact' The app delayed the Iowa caucus results, which are still being calculated, by more than a day Shadow, a tech developer started by veterans of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, built the app being blamed for delaying Iowa Democratic caucus results. In a statement Tuesday, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price chalked the caucus night chaos up to a "coding issue." "While the app was recording data accurately, it was reporting out only partial data," the statement read. Later in the day, Shadow confirmed as much on Twitter. But that's hardly the whole story.
The faulty smartphone app behind the chaotic aftermath of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses was the work of a little-known company called Shadow Inc. that was founded by veterans of Hillary Clinton’s. The Iowa Democratic Party was introduced to Shadow through the state party in Nevada, which also planned to use an app made by the company for its caucuses, according to the same source. In the wake of the Iowa fiasco, the Nevada Democratic Party announced it would not use Shadow’s app for its caucuses, which are set for Feb. 22.
iowa caucuses. The divisive Democratic operative behind Shadow, the app that broke Iowa. Tara McGowan, a former Obama campaign aide who founded the digital-first Democratic outfit ACRONYM, was.
Shadow partnered with Acronym to develop the app to track and count voters at the Iowa caucus for the Democratic Party, according to reports Author: M. Corey Goldman Shadow partnered with Acronym to develop the app to track and count voters at the Iowa caucus for the Democratic Party, according to reports Author: M. Corey Goldman In a statement Tuesday, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price chalked the caucus night chaos up to a "coding issue." "While the app was recording data accurately, it was reporting out only partial data," the statement read. Later in the day, Shadow confirmed as much on Twitter. But that's hardly the whole story. Iowa caucuses Shadow app CEO says bug had 'catastrophic impact' The app delayed the Iowa caucus results, which are still being calculated, by more than a day
