Category Archives: Iowa Caucuses

Embers Of The Iowa Caucuses

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Paul Deaton

Has the Iowa Democratic Party hit rock bottom? At Monday’s poorly attended precinct caucuses, small groups of long-time Democratic attendees kept political embers glowing. Although we hadn’t reached “rock bottom” one could see it from there in the dim light … Continue reading →

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“The Stink Of Trump”

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Dave Bradley

My hats off to Thom Hartmann for his daily sub stack email of Thursday. His email stated that the Republican Party has chosen to have Trump as their leader. Because of that their party will forever be condemned to have … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS, Ethics And Institutions: Doing Nothing

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Dave Bradley

With the prospect of at least the Democratic Party in congress continuing the process of putting some ethics rules and punishments for violations of those rules into effect, The US Supreme Court made some window dressing moves Monday to try … Continue reading →

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Iowa Caucuses Monday February 5

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Caucus Info Democratic Party Caucus Locations Republican Party Caucus Locations Caucuses will start at 7PM. Doors will be closed at that time. If you are not in the caucus or in line to get in the doors will be closed. … Continue reading →

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Looking to 2020

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Paul Deaton

The sobering news of the NBC/Marist poll released last week is Hillary Clinton leading the Republican candidate in Iowa by only 4 points (41-37) among registered voters. In Iowa electing Hillary Clinton president will not be a slam dunk. If … Continue reading →

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Iowa Democratic Caucus Review Completed

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Trish Nelson

February 7, 2016 CONTACT:  slau@iowademocrats.org Iowa Democratic Caucus Results Updated After IDP Completes Review Des Moines—Over the past week, to ensure the accuracy of our results the Iowa Democratic Party worked with the Sanders campaign, the Clinton campaign and local … Continue reading →

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Caucusing: As Easy As Voting, Just Takes Longer And Is Way More Fun

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Democrats, progressives, here is your to-do list for today: Find my caucus location. Go to my caucus. That is all.  Go to your caucus. Your caucus is in your neighborhood so weather should not deter you. You may register to … Continue reading →

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Iowa Caucus — Seven Days Out

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Paul Deaton

Stuff is getting real as we enter the last days before the first in the nation Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. The Democratic race has been somewhat dull and uninspiring. Set aside the hubris-imbued early drop-outs (Lincoln Chafee and Jim … Continue reading →

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Five Years Ago On Feb. 1st

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Just a gentle reminder of what can happen in Iowa in February. Five years ago one of our family was making a major career move that involved a cross country move. Lucky for them and the sibling that helped, the … Continue reading →

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GUI Exposes Corporate Control Of Our Political System

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Governing Under the Influence is a a Project of American Friends Service Committee 4211 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312 http://gui.afsc.org/ It’s been an exciting month of December for us with AFSC’s Governing Under the Influence project to expose corporate … Continue reading →

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