- Many sites attribute the prominence of the Iowa caucuses to an article published in the New York Times on January 25, 1972 entitled "Iowa Democrats Hold Caucuses, First Step in Picking Delegates".
- Under Title II Section 43.4 of the Iowa code caucuses will be "held not later than the fourth Monday in February of each even-numbered year. The date shall be at least eight days earlier than the scheduled date for any meeting, caucus or primary which constitutes the first determining stage of the presidential nominating process in any other state, territory or any other group which has the authority to select delegates in the presidential nomination."
- Ultimately the outome of the Iowa caucus is that delegates are selected by each party to attend the 99 County conventions. The number of delegates per county varies by population. These delegates then go on to choose delegates for the congressional district state convention.
- The congressional district state conventions then select the delegates that go to the national convention.
- The Republican and Democrat parties each have their own caucus procedures.
- Republicans take a straw vote while Democrats base their caucus outcome on the percentage of voters who support each candidate.
- Third parties are also allowed to hold their own caucuses to send representatives for one presidential candidate and one vice presidential candidate to the nominating conventions.
- The results of all caucus activity are non-binding meaning that delegates may switch their support to another candidate at any time.
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/1999/II.html
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40811FA3C59107A93C7AB178AD85F468785F9&scp=22&sq=iowa+caucus&st=
http://2012iowacaucus.com/sample-page/
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