Can you explain to me what Iowa caucus is and why its so important? Does it only happen in Iowa? If so why? If not why is Iowa so important.
I get there is a hold up for some reason but have the results been announced and if so what does that mean for the winner?
I will probably have more questions but nothing is making any sense on my normal news sources, they just seem to think I should know what this is, however I have learnt that pigs outnumber humans 6 to 1 in Iowa, which is very important when I am trying to find out what an Iowa caucus is
Its good to be crazy Sometimes 
No we don’t honestly understand it ourselves. Just another distraction that’s all. Hopefully folks have their hope in something other than government. If not I feel so bad for them.
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I think a lot of people are becoming fed up with their governments
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No need of being fed up with soMerging you can’t control.
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I feel politics should be one of the things we should be able to control
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Wow
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What can I say, I am an optimist
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I have the impression that the more complex an election system is, the more it can be manipulated. I don’t mean illegal manipulation, but I rather mean that there are more “levers” one can pull to get a certain result. The Iowa caucus and the electoral college are just two examples of the phenomena. Still, I root for America to get the best outcome possible!
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I agree with you on that one. I hope America make the right decision
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The Iowa caucus is important because it’s the first major caucus of the presidential election year. Voters attend the caucuses to hear the parties presidential candidates speak on issues, and then vote. There are other caucuses throughout the year, but Iowa is important because it’s the first in the election year. In general, how well the candidates do early in the caucuses are usually a good indication of who will be the frontrunner for each party for the election.
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So who leads this will go up against Trump?
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Like most of American politics, it’s antiquated and inefficient. If you want to see a circus, come hang out here leading up to Election Day.
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Do I get throw tomatoes at people I don’t like?
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That’d be awesome! 👍🏻
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I will summon my Scottish side and do a cool sign as well
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A state’s primary election or caucus is usually an indirect election: instead of voters directly selecting a particular person running for president, they determine the number of delegates each party’s national convention will receive from their respective state. Then when the people vote in Novemeber, the “electors” are SUPPOSED to vote for the majority winner of that state’s election. They rarely do though and simply vote for whichever “their” party is. The Iowa Caucus is “important in that it is the first caucus scheduled..it is generally held two months before any other state, and after the results are in historically several people will drop out of the race for the nomination.
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Thanks for that Suze, I assume that the Democratics will want someone really strong to go against Trump?
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Lexington Bookie and Suze gave great, concise answers. If you want a longer one, I found this link informative: https://people.howstuffworks.com/iowa-caucus.htm
My one sentence would be: Iowa is influential as the first official public choosing of presidential candidates, which influences the voters in the subsequent 49 states in their choosing.
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Thanks Rebecca that was very helpful and I was correct that the amount of pigs per person had nothing to do with anything, it was just a fun fact that google threw out at me
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The porcine population does up the numbers exponentially. But I think the elephants (R) and donkeys (D) are louder and more intimidating at the caucuses.
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Its starting to sound more complicated 😉
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Interesting reading everyones answers! I’m not into politics but I found it interesting!
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They have explained what was puzzling me about the whole thing
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A caucus (dictionary definition) is when “a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.” The Iowa Caucus is when people of the political party in Iowa register their preference among candidates running from that party.
There are caucuses and primaries in other states, but the early competitions (Iowa Caucus being the first, followed by primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina) are extremely important from a momentum standpoint. If you do well in those early states, you get a huge boost of funding and support heading towards Super Tuesday (the day when you have a huge number of state primaries and caucuses). If you do poorly in those states, then support and funding tends to fizzle out, and the candidate has to drop out (unless you are a billionaire and then you can stay in as long as you want).
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Thank you for that, is this why Joe Biden might drop out? We only get bits and pieces of what is happening so its difficult to tell what is actually happening and what the press wants to happen
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Yes, you are correct. He underperformed in Iowa and there are murmurs that he’s on track to underperform in New Hampshire, too. I think he’ll stay through at least South Carolina, but if he doesn’t win South Carolina, it’s hard to envision a path to the nomination for him.
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Thats a shame I like him, no idea of his politics or what he believes but he looks as honest as a politician can
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