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Iowa Caucuses Spur Party Building While Often Erring on Nominee
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Jan 02, 2012 05:10pm |
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| News Date | Monday, January 2, 2012 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Iowa (BEESIA) Republicans will get the first crack at selecting a presidential nominee tomorrow by casting votes in a caucus process that’s become best known for ending or fueling candidacies rather than predicting the nominee.
Based on past patterns, a fraction of Iowa (NFSEIA) Republicans will attend the 1,774 caucus meetings held at 809 locations -- schools, community centers, churches and other public venues -- at 7 p.m. central time.
Each presidential campaign may have one surrogate speak for as long as five minutes. Attendees cast their votes usually by writing the candidate’s name on a piece of paper that they deposit in envelopes or boxes. The vote-counting is public and may be observed by representatives of the presidential campaigns.
Caucus officials transmit the results to state party headquarters in Des Moines, where the standings are announced. The first-place finisher won’t be awarded official delegates because the caucus votes are non-binding. The real prize is momentum going into the Jan. 10 New Hampshire primary.
“It’s a big statewide straw poll,” Rhodes Cook, a political analyst and the editor of The Rhodes Cook Letter, said in an interview. “You need to win, place or show, that’s the tradition.” |
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