Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Oklahoma C 53 The caucus structure favors Mondale's superior organization. Glenn is vying with Hart for Askew voters...
...scrapped the rule that in 1980 legally bound delegates to vote on the first ballot for the candidate to whom they were pledged. Hart can legitimately hope that if he wins enough late contests to be the choice of a clear majority of Democrats by the time the last caucus and primary votes are counted, he can wind up with the convention votes of many delegates who were elected early under Mondale, Glenn or other banners. He scoffs at any idea that "the rules will nominate Mondale if the voters nominate...
...delegates - more than a quarter of the convention's 3,933 total. Below, a brief guide to the major races.* (C stands for caucus, P for primary; numbers indicate delegate totals...
Invading journalists were everywhere. At the Quirks' caucus, two newspaper reporters wore red sashes with LOS ANGELES TIMES printed in gold; the sashes were to ensure that the Californians would not be taken for Iowa Democrats and mistakenly included in a head count. All told, some 600 members of the press showed up to cover the caucuses, including representatives of at least six Japanese news organizations and Swedish television. In 1980, by contrast, there were only 100 out-of-state journalists on hand...
Iowa Democrats were sore about some competition from President Reagan who flew in to Iowa on caucus afternoon and made the media circus a two-ring affair. Reagan, whose job rating has dropped 12% since January, gave campaign speeches to 7,600 in Waterloo's Cattle Congress auditorium (only the Rolling StoneMn 1981, drew a bigger crowd) and to 7,000 more in Des Moines. Like most lowans, Democrat Sam Kauffman, a barber in Audubon (pop. 2,841), got a kick out of all the national attention. Said he "We don't get the chance for that kind...