There’s still a lot we don’t know about the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses, including who won the contest. But we do have an early indication about turnout. The Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that early data showed it looked to be on pace with 2016, when 172,000 showed up […] Read more »
Seven Initial Thoughts on the Iowa Caucus Fiasco
It’s Tuesday morning and we still don’t know the outcome of the Iowa caucus. Acknowledging that all the facts haven’t come in yet, here are some of my initial thoughts: 1. Who runs “elections?” A caucus isn’t an election, of course, it’s an event run entirely by a party. Despite […] Read more »
The tragedy of the Iowa Caucus
The tragedy of the Iowa Democratic Caucus is that due (in part) to efforts to preserve its integrity, the system failed to report the vote in a timely manner—which may mark the end of caucus/convention systems and the end of Iowa’s coveted first-in-the-nation contest. CONT. Elaine Kamarck, Brookings Institution Read more »
Health care is the top issue for Iowa caucusgoers, entrance polls show
Health care emerged as the most important issue for choosing a nominee among Iowa Democratic caucusgoers, according to the entrance polls conducted Monday before the caucuses began. Two in five chose health care, and about 1 in 5 said climate change, while fewer chose foreign policy or income inequality. CONT. […] Read more »
AP VoteCast: Iowa Dems split on best challenger for Trump
Iowa Democrats are fiercely united by the goal of unseating President Donald Trump, but they were sharply divided Monday over which candidate was best equipped to do so, according to the AP VoteCast survey. CONT. Josh Boak & Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press Read more »
It’s Time to De-Hype the Iowa Caucuses
The Iowa Democratic Party certainly deserves plenty of blame for the disastrous problems with the delayed tabulation of the results from Monday night’s caucus. … Still, there was something a bit unseemly about major media figures taking to cable news and social media to blast the state party for failing […] Read more »