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What Did — And Didn’t — Go Down In The Iowa Caucuses
There is a lot of sitting and waiting at caucuses. Some people were prepared and brought computers or their book club book. Others are chatting with friends or staring off into space.
To build on Dan’s point, the whole primary season is an interesting reminder that as much as politics has nationalized — check out this awesome book on the subject — federalism is still really powerful and states really do compete for influence in the sequential primary process.
In the midst of everything else going on in the FiveThirtyEight offices tonight, Clare and Galen chatted about that unreleased Des Moines Register poll:
