Parsing the primary processes

If Democrats and Republicans were holding their national primaries 12 days from now, on Feb. 1, we could predict each party’s nominee with relative confidence. … However, we are not holding a national primary. The system proceeds state by state, over the course of several months, setting up a process […] Read more »

Countdown to Caucus Day

Two weeks from today, Iowans will gather at caucus sites around the state in the first formal balloting of the 2016 presidential election. As the candidates make their final pitches, voters in the early states will solidify their choices — if they haven’t already — and the rest of us […] Read more »