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2016 Iowa Caucus

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•Why does Iowa have the first primary/caucus? Article

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•Does winning the Iowa Caucus give you a good chance of winning the party’s nomination? Link

Caucuses

• Party members and party leaders meet to select delegates and usually must demonstrate their support for a presidential candidate by public declaration• Caucuses are often used in combination with a state convention to elect delegates to the national convention• Fifteen states and territories use caucuses

Primaries• Voters use a secret ballot to select delegates.• In an open primary, registered voters, regardless of their party affiliation, can vote in any party primary they choose• In a closed primary, voters must declare a party affiliation and can only vote in that primary• Over 40 states and territories and the District of Columbia use primaries