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Today is the first day of the primary, which will determine who will be the Democratic party nomination for President. There’s a Republican primary too, but it’s assumed that Trump will win that and nobody is running against him in most states.
States have the primary on different days. Iowa has the first primary.
A caucus is a special method of voting that only a few states do, and Iowa is one of them.
If you want to vote, you show up at your local caucus location at around 7:00 pm. You get in groups based on who you want to vote for.
The votes are counted. If your candidate gets less than 15% of the vote, you can either leave, or join a group that has more than 15%.
People can debate and convince each other to join other groups.
At the end, they count up the number of people for each candidate and report the totals.
The totals give each candidate delegates at the Democratic party nominating convention, which is used to decide the nominee.
Most states don’t do this. People just go to the polls and cast a vote.
Some people think it’s good that some states have a caucus because it helps measure voter enthusiasm and persuasion.
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