Here is what you need to know about the Iowa caucus, a crucial first step in the Democratic presidential primary process.
An unusually crowded field of Democratic presidential contenders has campaigned for months to take on President Donald Trump in November.
Signs for a number of different candidates are staked in the lawn outside of a home in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 25, 2020.An unusually crowded field of Democratic presidential contenders has campaigned for months to take on President Donald Trump in November. The nominee named at that convention will be the Democrat who was won a majority of so-called "delegates" during the caucuses and primaries that are hosted by each state, territory and the District of Columbia, between now and June.
The results of the Iowa caucus are expected to be released throughout the evening. Sometimes, the winner of the caucus is not known until the morning following caucus day.What is the Iowa caucus? How does it work? There will be 1,678 precinct caucuses across Iowa and nearly 100 more "satellite" caucuses for Iowans scattered around the country, along with some taking place internationally.Caucusgoers may pick any candidate. The number of supporters each candidate has is then tallied up by state party officials as well as by representatives of each of the campaigns.The number of candidates is whittled down.
But the state's voters do tend to pick the same candidate who eventually wins the Democratic nomination. In fact, the last Democrat to win the Iowa caucus but lose the nomination was a U.S. senator from Iowa at the time: Tom Harkin, who won the caucus in 1992, after his rivals did not seriously contest it.
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