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Many remain undecided in the Democratic presidential contest, with Sanders, Biden, Warren and Buttigieg topping polls Iowa caucuses kick off – follow live! How do the caucuses work? The Guardian’s guide Caucus voting is under way across Iowa, with voters set to declare which Democratic presidential candidate they believe is best positioned to beat Donald […] More
The Iowa caucuses mean rolled sleeves, county fairs and tepid centrism. But the midwest was made with socialists’ sweat and abolitionists’ blood It happens every presidential election. The candidates will get all folksy. They will eat a corn dog, they will start sentences with, “Folks …” They will play up any connection to the heartland […] More
US elections 2020 The midwestern state is the first to vote in the presidential primary race. So what are caucuses, and how do they work? Here’s your guide to the night Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden figurines in a store in Des Moines. For the Democratic caucuses, in particular, second choices are important. […] More
Hundreds of thousands of Iowans are barred from the Iowa caucus because of physical and legal barriers As Democratic candidates began a last-minute blitz across Iowa on Friday evening, nearly a dozen men gathered in a cavernous YMCA meeting room in downtown Des Moines to have a conversation that felt a universe removed from the […] More
Democrats Democratic presidential candidates makes their final pitch to the state but midwesterners are still torn over who to support in race against Donald Trump Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters and volunteers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Many Iowans look forward to their state’s caucuses, the quadrennial ritual of gathering at schools, churches […] More
Chris McGreal visits the first US state to vote in this year’s race for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination. Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are vying for crucial early momentum in the race to take on Trump. Plus: Iman Amrani on modern masculinity How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know […] More
In Iowa, a vote for Warren is a vote for Biden Nathan Robinson Those who like both progressives should study how the caucus works and make sure they don’t accidentally destroy both It’s a crowded field in Iowa and the rules can be confusing. Photograph: Reuters File Photo/Reuters Let’s look at where things stand with […] More
US elections 2020 Warren sought to cast herself as uniquely positioned to unite the party in her final appeal to Iowans this weekend Elizabeth Warren at a campaign event on Saturday in Davenport, Iowa. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP Hours after the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump adjourned for the evening in Washington on Friday, Elizabeth […] More
