Word: precinct
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...system is probably the closest to the grass roots that the mind of man could devise. The 2,531 precinct caucuses that will be held in private homes, public halls, churches, fire stations and schoolrooms throughout the state are only the first step in a four-stage sequence that eventually selects Iowa's delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Independents can participate in either party's caucus...
January 15: Carter wins Iowa precinct caucuses, getting 1143 votes to Kennedy's 853. California governor Jerry Brown gets 25 votes and claims a moral victory because he only opened campaign headquarters in Des Moines two weeks prior to the caucuses...