For Republicans, there are usually two prizes in the Iowa caucuses: delegates and bragging rights. Iowa Republican voters will indicate their picks for the party’s presidential nominee, and the results of that vote will determine how many of the state’s 40 convention delegates each candidate ...
How many electoral votes does Iowa have? Iowa has six electoral votes in the Electoral College. Who elects the president if there is no winner in the Electoral College? If no candidate receives the majority of electoral votes, the vote goes to the House of Representatives. House members choos...
Registered Republicans who are eligible to vote on Election Day — or who will be 18 years old by Election Day — may participate in the Iowa caucuses. An independent or Democrat may also register as a Republican on caucus night to participate. In Iowa, caucusgoers were required to check ...
In the run-up to Monday night's Republican presidential caucuses, more than 20 candidate eventswere canceled, postponed or moved virtually. The hopefuls themselves acknowledged that the freeze could affect how many folks turn out to vote in the first nominating contest of the 2024 race. Theunus...
While Joe Biden and Donald Trump are already clear frontrunners, the conventions will be when delegates officially vote for their preferred candidates. What is a caucus? Unlike primaries, caucuses must be attended in person. Primaries are run by the state whereas caucuses are organised by the ...
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...
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...
House Democrats’ powerful Steering and Policy Committee, which handles panel assignments, is expected to start considering contested committee slots in two weeks. The panel will hold secret ballots to recommend leaders to the full caucus, which will then officially vote on who will lead the party...
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...
However, the app was never tested to handle something as big and important as the Iowa caucus.The New York Timesreported that the app had not been vetted or evaluated at scale by the app’s creator before the caucus. The Times also says that the app was “hastily put together over the...