Iowa Twitter SuccesstechPresident

When I first floated the notion of collecting Iowa Caucus results through the microblogging social network Twitter, I wasn’t certain what to expect. Iowa is a small state, and not particularly known for tech-savviness. Would I find anyone willing to whip out their phone in the middle of a caucus and text in the results?

Thanks to @podcastmama, @jakebouma, @chrisken, @kevin_s, @yogagirl, @heatherbrie, TechPresident’s very own @mbassik, @rwclark, @stuartma, @timmytims, @scottatdrake, @LostAirman, @nathantwright, @chanzi, @mrswhitsitt, and more, we now know the reply.

And it wasn’t just noise either. Very shortly after 7 p.m. central instance, all the reports […]

Orginal post by Patrick Ruffini

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