Turnout at the Iowa caucuses was the same as 2016. That's not good for Democrats

Someone said a few days ago that the failed attempt to remove President Trump from office was going to frustrate Democratic voters and likely depress their turnout. (It was me.) There’s a sign that that’s exactly what happened at the Iowa caucuses.

Early reports from the chaos are that turnout appears to be on track with exactly what it was in 2016 with participation from about 170,000 voters. That attendance is down from 2008 when nearly 240,000 voters turned out for those caucuses.