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>>> CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN
CAMPAIGNING FOR A WHILE.
TONIGHT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
SEASON REALLY KICKS OFF IN IOWA.
THAT IS WHERE VOTERS WILL TAKE
PART IN CAUCUSES TO DECIDE WHO
GETS THE MOST DELEGATES.
>> THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CAUCUSES,
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHY
SHOULD YOU CARE?
WE WILL BREAK IT DOWN.
>>> HOW DID THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC
CAUCUSES WERE?
CAUCUSES WERE? FOR ONE THING, THERE ARE NO
VOTING BOOTHS.
VOTING BOOTHS. VOTERS SHOW UP TO CAUCUS SITES
AROUND THE STATE, 1700
PRECINCTS.
PRECINCTS. HIM A CREDIT CAUCUSES ARE BASED
ON DISCUSSION, AFTER
INTRODUCTIONS AND HEARING FROM
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. PURCHASE OFFENSE WILL SHOW
SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAVORITE
CANDIDATE BY SIMPLY DIVIDING
INTO GROUPS.
INTO GROUPS. ALSO TRY TO COMMENCE UNDECIDED
VOTERS TO JOIN THEIR TEAM.
THEN EVERYONE GETS COUNTY.
AT MOST LOCATIONS CAUCUS
ORGANIZES WILL BE LOOKING TO
SEE IF THE GROUP HAS 50%
SUPPORT IN THAT ROOM.
THOSE GROUPS ARE THEN
CONSIDERED VIABLE.
CONSIDERED VIABLE. ANY GROUP OR CANDIDATE THAT
DOESN'T HAVE AT LEAST 50% IS TO
JOIN ANOTHER TEAM.
CONVINCE OTHERS TO JOIN THEM,
DECLARE THEMSELVES UNDECIDED
AND SIMPLY GO HOME.
>> ORGANIZERS WILL COUNT AGAINST
AND ASSIGN THE GROUPS AVAILABLE
DELEGATES LOTS BEFORE CALLING
IN THE DELEGATE COUNT TO
HEADQUARTERS.
HEADQUARTERS. REPUBLICANS ON THE OTHER HAND
USES SECRET PAPER BALLOT.
THEY MARKED DOWN OUR RIGHT AND
THE NAME OF THEIR FAVORITE
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. THE BALLOTS ARE COUNTED AND
THEN THEY GO HOME.
THE DELEGATES FROM THE CAUCUS
ARE EVENTUALLY FILTERED THROUGH
NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES.
>>> IN A COUPLE OF HOURS IOWA
VOTERS WILL TELL US WHO AMONG
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES THEY
LIKE FOR PRESIDENT.
>> IT STARTS IN ONE HOUR AND
THAT COULD MAKE OR BREAK
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. BRIAN RESNICK IS IN DES MOINES,
INSIDE A SCHOOL GYM WHERE THE
CAUCUSES ARE GETTING READY TO
START.
START.
START. DES MOINES IS ALSO WHERE YOU
FOUND TO FORMER ARIZONANS
WORKING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE
TO TURN OUT VOTERS.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, THIS
IS A SCHOOL GYM AND IT WILL
FILL UP IN THE NEXT HOUR WITH
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAUCUSING
FOR THEIR CANDIDATES.
IT IS A UNIQUE WAY TO SELECT A
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. IT HAPPENS AT 1700 LOCATIONS
ACROSS IOWA.
ACROSS IOWA. I SPOKE TO TWO PEOPLE WITH
ARIZONA TIES WHO GOT PEOPLE TO
THE CAUCUSES TODAY.
>> CHASE WILLIAMS FLU 1700
MILES FROM TAIWAN.
>> PROBABLY BARACK OBAMA IN
2007.
2007.
2007. >>
2007. >> TO KNOCK ON DOORS FOR PETE
BUTTIGIEG.
BUTTIGIEG. >> 4-PIECE SPECIFICALLY.
IOWA IS A HISTORIC MOMENT.
>> WILLIAMS IS A UNIVERSITY
GRATIN ONE TIME A DEMOCRATIC
OPERATIVE.
OPERATIVE. >> AND THEN IT IS NOT HOME.
>> A MOBILE APP GUYS THE HOURS
OF WALKING.
OF WALKING. >> HAVE YOU HAD DOORS SLAMMED
IN YOUR FACE?
>> NOT REALLY, EVEN THE
REFUSALS ARE THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WE HAVE
MADE OUR DECISION.
I WON NICE.
>> EVEN WHEN THE CAMPAIGN SIGN
SAID STOP.
SAID STOP. SO DOES THE DOG BUT STILL A
REASON TO KNOCK.
ALL A PART OF THE CAUCUS
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY. >> IN PHOENIX THAT MIGHT TURN
YOU AWAY.
YOU AWAY.
YOU AWAY. THEY ONLY HAVE ONE BALLOT.
BIT HERE THERE'S A SECOND
CHOICE.
CHOICE.
CHOICE. >> WILLIAMS WANTS PETE
BUTTIGIEG TO BE HIS HOMES
SECOND CHOICE IF JOE BIDEN
DOESN'T MAKE THE CAUGHT CUT IN
THE FIRST BALLOT.
>> THIS ROOMFUL OF BUTTIGIEG
VOLUNTEERS GOT A PEP TALK.
>> SHE'S A FORMER SCHOOL
TEACHERS WHO NOW CAUSE IOWA
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. SHE
HOME. SHE SAID THE STAKES ARE HUGE
AND THE CAUCUSES ARE NEIGHBORS
TALKING TO NEIGHBORS.
>> WE STILL HAVE TO LIVE
TOGETHER, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
SENSE OF CIVIL DISCOURSE.
>> WE ARE BACK HERE AT MERRILL
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MIDDLE SCHOOL. SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HERE AS THE
EVENING GOES ON.
PART OF OUR PROJECTED RECORD
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