Word: caucus
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...it’s happening: In Thursday’s Iowa Caucus, despite being outspent five to one by two celebrity, media-darling candidates, John Edwards was lifted by the support of regular Americans to a strong second, and defeated the so-called “inevitable” candidate, Hillary Clinton. The mandate in Iowa was overwhelmingly for change, a sentiment that is undoubtedly shared by people across the nation...
Once again, the Iowa caucuses provide evidence for the power of this message: Of the majority of caucus-goers who said that “change” was the single most important issue for them, more than half voted for Obama, compared to 19 for Clinton and 20 for Edwards. Moreover, Obama won decisively among the unprecedented 57 percent of caucus-goers who had never attended a caucus before. The record turnout in Iowa, especially among the formerly politically apathetic, shows that his campaign is already starting to achieve its aims...
Several hundred people crowded in an Iowa church Thursday. Among them was first-time caucus-goer Tony W. Wang ’11, who came to support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama...
...Each time we convinced someone to come over to the Obama side, we started cheering,” Wang said of the Democratic caucus process during which participants must decide which of the leading candidates will get their vote...
Wang and several other Harvard undergrads were among many first time caucus-goers who are widely credited with contributing to Obama’s eight-point victory...