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...least that's the case in Jim Kalal's caucus...
There are 2,531 precincts in Iowa, each resembling but also differing from every other one. For a closeup view of how the caucus system works, TIME Chicago Correspondent Madeleine Nash attended a Republican gathering in the second ward of Harlan. Her report...
Dressed in a gold and white West Point football jersey, Jim Kalal spent much of the weekend before the caucus crouched over a yellow Princess phone, his voter lists spread but on the dining room table. As a supporter of Ronald Reagan, he was trying to round up a few more votes. As temporary chairman of the meeting, Kalal also used these final hours to figure out how to take charge of the caucus itself. Rather than depend on just a blackboard, for instance, he decided to set up his own slide projector to display the returns on a screen...
...sits amid the farm land of southwest Iowa, 98 miles west of Des Moines. With its electorate divided nearly equally among Democrats, Republicans and Independents, Harlan has some fierce political battles. As Kenneth "Doc" Mueller, the town chiropractor who doubles as mayor, said about the Republican caucus, "We've got a real hot contest here. It's friend against friend...
...evening of the caucus, Kalal goes early to the small meeting room in the basement of the town hall. As chairman in 1976, he played host to fewer than 20 people in his living room. Tonight, with a seven-man race and all the press attention, Kalal is expecting a bigger turnout. He sets out 60 chairs, then places a Reagan flyer on every seat. "If people show up," Kalal observes, "someone will just have to stand...