How many people will participate? In 2012, 121,503 Republicans showed up to caucus -- just shy of 20 percent of Republicans who were registered to vote at the time. The last contested Democratic caucus, in 2008, drew 239,872 people, or nearly 40 percent of registered Democrats -- a huge...
They have the option of casting an absentee ballot if they can’t make it to the polls on Election Day, and in some states, people may vote before Election Day. The Iowa caucuses, on the other hand, are held in the evening and voters must attend in person in order to participate, ...
Registered Republicans can participate in the Nevada caucuses, and according to the state Republican party, a government-issued ID is necessary. Voting takes place on paper ballots, and caucus-goers can observe the tabulation. Is it Iowa caucus or Iowa caucuses? In Iowa, there are over 1,60...
Some Iowa insiders blamed the DNC for a chaotic planning process that wasted their time and effort. The state party spent months seeking to address one of the chief criticisms of the caucuses: that too many people could not participate because of work, family obligations and disabilities. Enco...
Lead Art: Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris participate during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center on Sept.10, 2024, in Philadelphia. | Alex Brandon/APSep 2024 Donald Trump and Kamala Harris did not shake hands at...
Greenberg Call, who was an Iowa Caucus organizer for Harris' primary campaign, previously told POLITICO that she was optimistic about Harris becoming the nominee instead of Biden, believing that the former California senator would take a harder line on Israel. “We also cannot win the...
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate condemned Cruz’s tactic because “it is not in keeping in the spirit of the Iowa Caucuses.” Iowa Governor Terry Brandstad called the mailers “unethical and unfair.” The accused’s response: After criticism about the misleading mailers, Cruz said:“I wi...
The error is calculated based on the margin separating the top two finishers in the election — and not the top two candidates in the poll. For instance, if a certain poll had the 2008 Iowa Democratic caucus with Hillary Clinton at 32 percent, Barack Obama with 30 percent and John Edwards...
Michael Halle, a strategist on Buttigieg’s campaign, said about 50 of the campaign’s county precinct captains in Iowa were former Republicans who changed their party registration to become Democrats so they could participate in the caucuses and back the former mayor. Those exiled Republicans are...
Biden always knew he’d struggle to compete in the first two states on the nomination calendar, Iowa and New Hampshire, with their overly-white electorates unrepresentative of the Democratic Party at large. Nevada, the third contest, is a caucus state that lends itself to the type of enthusias...