Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while Bush's performance may have been poor, most agreed that Dole and Robertson garnered strong support mainly because the Iowa caucus was just that--held in Iowa and in the form of a caucus, instead of a primary vote. Richard Thornburgh, Institute of Politics director and former Pennsylvania Governor, said that Dole's victory may have been more representative of his Midwestern support than his national appeal...
Thornburgh also said that he was not surprised by Pat Robertson's second place finish, because Robertson's supporters took part in a grass roots organization well-suited to the caucus procedure...
...Robertson's support was much more likely to register in a limited showing, closed caucus style," Thornburgh said. "His supporters would be out in a greater proportion...
Thornburgh added that campaign follwers should "avoid the tendency to generalize and exaggerate the results of a caucus state that is not at all a cross-section of the nation...
...Kalb, who called the Iowa caucus a "glorious example of American democracy," said that he thought yesterday's results might have sounded the death knell for several candidates in both parties...