I'm confused who won Iowa? Are there certified results?

[boomer55]

[PatrickforO]

1. They are dukeing it out right now in Polk County.

Bernie originally won, but Clinton party apparatchiks are trying to change the count and wear Bernie supporters down.

[DeadLetterOffice]

2. Technically...

... nobody can officially 'win' Iowa until the state-level convention is held. Today was county-level. Until the state delegates are counted officially, any damn thing could happen...

[marions ghost]

3. OK so Hillary has not officially won Iowa

you'd never know that from the media.....

[cyberswede]

4. Caucuses are just a first step in assigning delegates.

Caucus delegates then go to their county convention (like the one in Polk County), followed by a District convention, topped off with the State convention.

At each step, the delegate count is narrowed down, with the final delegates from State selected to go to the National convention. I think people can campaign to be chosen, too, iirc.

At some point in the 1970s, a candidate (McGovern, maybe?) decided to use the caucus results as a favorable result for his campaign - prior to that, the caucus was just a party business meeting for each precinct to choose committee members, write platform contributions, etc.

[bigwillq]

5. I believe results are not official until the convention

So no certified results at this point, correct?