Word: caucus
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...Democratic process is more complicated. Caucus attendees gather in separate parts of the room in candidate "preference groups." Any group with less than 15% of the total participants is deemed "nonviable...
Front-Loading the Presidential Primaries Iowa always kicks off election season, but it moved its 2008 caucuses to Jan. 3 as other states leapfrogged into primary prominence. Here's who will be voting when and where [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] OPEN People can vote regardless of whether they are registered with a specific party CLOSED Voting in a party primary or caucus is limited to those registered with that party OTHER This category includes states where only one party's primary is open and the other closed as well as states where voters...
...Like most Tancredo supporters - and admittedly, it was an exclusive club; the Colorado Congressman garnered just 3% in the latest Insider Advantage poll of likely G.O.P. Iowa caucus-goers - Johnson liked Tancredo's stance on illegal immigration. "He represents a lot of what Americans believe," Johnson said...
...Romney needs voters like Gettemy, who is an Evangelical Christian. Evangelicals make up 40% of Iowa caucus-goers, and while it's clear that Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and an ordained Southern Baptist minister, is their new favorite, Romney just needs to retain a portion of them, along with the majority of non-Evangelical voters, to win Iowa. Nearly two-thirds, or 62%, of Iowa Evangelicals support Huckabee, according to a Dec. 10 Rasmussen poll of 789 likely G.O.P. caucus-goers. That's up from 48% of Evangelicals in the same poll two weeks ago. Overall Huckabee leads Romney...
...just plain tired. Their presidential nominating race has less clarity today than it did a year ago, less even than it did three months ago. Polls point to the political equivalent of a total solar eclipse, with three different Republicans leading in three of the initial primary and caucus states: Mike Huckabee in Iowa, Mitt Romney in New Hampshire and Rudy Giuliani in Michigan. None of these men, at present, would beat Hillary Clinton in a general-election matchup, and each would fare little better against Barack Obama. "If somebody could run as None of the Above," says former McCain...