What time does the Iowa caucus end?

[jg10003]

[Polybius]

1. I'd like to know too

What time do we start seeing results?

[Mike 03]

5. CNN is announcing results from one caucus meeting right now.

Could have sworn they said Klobuchar won.

I'm really surprised: i thought we had to wait until six or seven PM

135 people voted in this particular caucus.

Biden 33
Pete 38
Klobuchar 48
Warren 12
Sanders 1
Yang (didn't catch)

Yang, Warren, Sanders supporters now have to realign.

Turn it on!

[Tiggeroshii]

7. Yeah they are reporting the results though the day, but the overall results shouldn't be until after

9 EST

[underpants]

2. It never ends

[rsdsharp]

3. There is no specific time.

It's not like a primary when the polls close at 9 PM or whenever. They start at 7 PM CST, and you have to be in line at least by 6:30. Different caucuses will end at different times. It's largely determined by how many people attend. Some caucuses have only a handful of people Others have hundreds. The bigger the group, the more unwieldy it is, because it's basically headcounts; the democrats don't use paper like the Republicans do.

Generally, they end about 10 PM. It may take a while longer to get all the results actually transmitted.

[jg10003]

6. thanks. why don't Democrats use paper ballots?

Paper ballots would seem to be more reliable then a headcount.

[rsdsharp]

8. I'm damned if I know.

And I say this especially since I've sat (actually stood -- there's usually few if any chairs) through more than one caucus where the "votes" were counted multiple times until they came out the same twice in a row.

[IADEMO2004]

4. Nothing is over until we decide it is!