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1. Iowa Caucus
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2. Party meetings by precinct, district, or country, where
registered party members gather to discuss the
candidates and to select delegates to the next round of
party conventions (The Council on Foreign Relations).
Meaning of Caucus
3. Serve as a way for each political party to let voters
nationwide select their party's presidential nominee.
Act as means of selecting delegates or representatives of
party members in each state to be sent to the party's
national convention.
Functions of Caucus System
4. Electoral event in which residents of the state of Iowa
meet in precinct caucuses and elect delegates to the
corresponding county conventions.
Considered the most noteworthy because of the amount of
media attention they receive during US presidential
election years.
Iowa Caucus?
5. Started in 1972 where a series of scheduling issues
occurred, and the Democratic party had to move its Iowa
caucus earlier than the New Hampshire primary.
Iowa keeps being the first state to hold caucus has been
upholded ever since.
History of Iowa Caucus
6. It held on early January in the election year.
The caucuses are held every two years, but the ones that
receive national attention are the presidential preference
caucuses held every four years.
When is Iowa Caucus?
7. Discuss the candidate of US President who will go to the
general vote on the Election Day.
Select numbers of delegate as the representation of the
voters of the state in the convention vote.
The Purpose of Iowa Caucus
8. A few voters will have a brief speech towards their desire
candidates.
Voters will cast their voice by secret ballots.
The number of delegates is chosen by either proportional
method or winner-take-all method.
Caucus System in Republic Party
9. Registered voters gather at precinct meeting places, then
they build up their case.
Then participants will be divided into groups according
which side they are taking, and the numbers of people in
each group are then counted.
The candidates who do not have enough support, would
be non-viable.
This proportional method will decided whose
candidate would go to the convention vote.
Caucus System in Democratic Party