Everything you need to know about the first primary contest of the 2020 presidential election.
On Feb. 3, Iowa Democrats will gather for the first nominating contest of the 2020 presidential election. Though only a few states use the caucus process, Iowa’s place in the calendar means its result will hold weight until voters gather in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina in the ensuing weeks. But how do the caucuses actually work? Here are answers to some questions voters in the rest of the country might have.
After the “realignment” round, another vote count is taken, and all candidates who clear the 15 percent threshold are awarded at least one delegate. Officials use a mathematical formula to calculate how many “state delegate equivalents” each candidate has won at each caucus location.
How are results reported?Before this year, the only figures released at the end of caucus night were the number of state delegate equivalents won by each candidate. State delegate equivalents refer to the number of delegates each candidate will have at the party’s state convention in June, which in turn determines how many national convention delegates each candidate receives at July’s gathering in Milwaukee.
How long has Iowa been the first primary state?Democrats pushed back the date of the Iowa caucuses in 1972, so they take place before New Hampshire’s primary, the traditional start of primary voting. Republicans joined them in 1976, and Iowa has led off the primary process for both parties ever since.
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