Computers counted Iowa caucus votes in 1980? "The Iowa Republican Party’s computer crashed on Caucus Night back in 1980. George H.W. Bush was declared the winner, but Ronald Reagan’s supporters have long maintained that if all the straw poll ballots had been counted that night, Reagan would have won."
Lawyer examined archives, says Bush definitely won 1980 Iowa Caucuses Remember this was a party run caucus, and not a government run primary election.