How do the Iowa caucuses work?

Iowa caucus 2024 polls

Tomorrow is the official start of the race for the White House, and as you’ve heard, caucuses led off, especially like they have been doing since the 1970s. How does the state’s unique system of choosing a presidential candidate work? CBS’s Edo Keefe explains the process. It’s time for Iowa to make up its mind.

People said, I hope people pay attention and go out in caucus; it’s essential. If you don’t know there’s a caucus coming up in Iowa, you’re living under a rock. unlike a primary, when polls are open for several hours or states allow absentee ballots, the Iowa Republican caucus requires mandatory in-person attendance at 700 p.m. On Monday night, there were about 1,600 individual caucuses held statewide; only registered Republicans could participate.

A candidate who can beat Joe Biden first speaks on behalf of each candidate, then votes are cast on secret paper ballots 1 2 3 and counted in front of the crowd before final results are reported to the state party Nikki Haley had three caucuses last time in Mason City. They’re trying to avoid issues on caucus night by rehearsing Julie Billings, who walked 40 fellow Republicans through a mock caucus last week.

Guys, one goal is to ensure the number of votes cast matches the number of people in the room Do you trust this process? Yes, there are checks and balances in place on paper ballots With our hands down, the best way to go is to watch what happens You are the eyes of the person counting There’s accountability Just 186,000 people participated in the last competitive GOP caucus in 2016, a third of the state’s registered Republicans Put another way, it’s just 0.005% of all Americans Iowa Republicans have a bad track record of picking their party’s eventual nominee, not since 2000, when George W. Bush harvested a victory. Here, did Iowa Republicans get it right? Do you all appreciate that in these small rooms in this relatively small state, you begin a process to pick what we long considered to be the leader of the free world? Yes, but no one provided me with a convincing argument for why Iowa should go first; it’s only somebody’s got to be first; why not us?

Are you going to get 23 million people? Ina flea to see all the candidates This is 3 million people We’ve never tried it That’s my point They get in their car These candidates run around and they can get in their car and see a candidate They will talk to them face-to-face. They have that opportunity I don’t think you can do that in a state like Texas; it’s too big for too many people.

Trump dominates final Iowa poll ahead of caucuses

I’ve heard that you’re hardy people, and we like hardy people. Former President Trump holds a wide lead over the Republican primary field just one day before the Iowa caucuses, the final De Moine Register media poll showed.

Trump led with 48% support among registered Iowa Republicans, followed by former un Ambassador Nikki Haley at 20% and Florida Governor Ronda Santis at 16% support Businessman V Ramaswami came in fourth with 8% support for the latest De Moine register survey, which shows a shift from the last one was conducted in December Trump’s lead decreased from 51% to 48% while hilly supported Grew From 16% to 20%, like Trump, Dan Santis also saw a dip in support, going from 19% in December to 16% in January Ramaswami support grew three points from December The candidates have been crisscrossing the state amid a blizzard pummeling the Midwest. Haley and Ramas Swami were out campaigning on Saturday Former President Trump arrived in Iowa on Saturday after canceling events earlier in the day due to the weather. Trump held a rally in De Mo on Saturday evening.

Trump, we’ve got a lot of meetings tonight. We’re doing well. We have a lot of tremendous support, but it’s nasty out there.

Former President Trump is holding his first in-person rally since arriving in Iowa here in Indianola at Simpson College. The temperatures are pretty cold right now; it’s 8°, but it feels like -31 with the wind chill, but it’s not stopping his supporters from coming out.