These developers also developed Buttigieg's campaign software and Buttigieg donated to help develop the caucus app.

I believe that that is false: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/04/what-we-know-...

It looks like multiple campaigns (including the one the most to lose and the one with most to gain from a confusing Iowa) paid Shadow for services - Buttigieg’s campaign was not an investor, and does not appear to have anything to do with the development of the app. Do you have any sources for your claim?

> Some claims, such as that the Iowa caucus app was funded by Buttigieg, mischaracterize what we know.

> Buttigieg’s campaign wasn’t involved in the app’s development.

> Buttigieg’s campaign was not an investor, and does not appear to have anything to do with the development of the app. Do you have any sources for your claim?

This was not my claim at all

When you said "and Buttigieg donated to help develop the caucus app" was that anything to do with the development of the app or not?

It was not an investment and Buttigieg did not commission the app but they did help to pay for it by donating money to the Iowa dem group that was had the app developed last year

No COI to see here, folks.

Why isn't the DNC harder on crap like this?

>Why isn't the DNC harder on crap like this?

Well, for starters, because the DNC doesn't run the Iowa caucus.

The DNC doesn't directly run the caucus, but the DNC (or maybe, more precisely, the democratic party) chooses to accept the results of the Iowa caucus and subsidizes (or entirely funds) the running of the caucus.

Additionally, the Iowa dem caucus (and primaries) aren't a governmental thing, the political parties aren't government organizations - they're private organizations that are just _all about the government and politics_ as such the Iowa caucus is really weirdly in a grey zone where there is even less necessary oversight than the administration of the general election in Iowa will have - but sort of more oversight since the DNC could just reject the results outright... Buuuut things like the voting rights act have forced some regulations into primary operation - it's all quite confusing...

The TL;DR though is that the DNC doesn't technically run the Iowa caucus but is more than capable of making the Iowa dem caucus committee feel a whole lot of pain and hold them accountable.

This is a political response but I think it's important to highlight that the DNC seems quite enthused about Buttigieg, lowering the likelihood that they'll pursue anything about a connection between his campaign and Shadow when compared to more fringe candidates like Warren, Steyer, Yang or Sanders.

The national party does not operate state elections and caucuses.

The DNC is composed of Clinton loyalists who want to stop Bernie Sanders from winning the nomination. John freaking Podesta was named to the Rules Committee for the national convention in Milwaukee.