What Did — And Didn’t — Go Down In The Iowa Caucuses

Also important to remember that if turnout surges in certain places — like the Des Moines suburbs — but not others, that’s going to potentially create bigger differences between the vote itself and state delegate equivalents.

There is definitely a sense of weariness among the caucusgoers I’ve talked to. When I walked up to one woman at the caucus tonight, she said, “All you need to know about me is that I’ll be so excited when this is over.” But her friend jumped in and said she appreciates the caucuses because everyone is so engaged with the political process. Iowa voters take their first-in-the-nation status very seriously — but it’s been a long, long year of campaigning.

Well, Amelia, based on the 2016 caucus attendance numbers, 759 people participated at the Iowa City 21 precinct last time around, so they may outpace that in 2020.