What are the Iowa Caucuses?
What are the Iowa Caucuses? Wednesday January 2, 2008 The first official candidate selection process in the 2008 presidential election takes place tomorrow, January 3, as politically active Iowans gather in public buildings and private homes across the state in the long-anticipated Iowa caucuses. Caucuses are a great, grass-roots exercise in direct democracy, featuring face-to-face debate, open voting and yes, even some changed minds. But, they are also a complicated process. How do caucuses work? [Read more…] Politics of the Iowa Caucuses: Lots of people will be interested in which candidates win the Iowa caucuses, but U.S. Politics Guide Kathy Gill wonders, does it really matter?