Iowa caucuses turnout: Entrance poll shows dip in first-timers

[grossproffit]

Iowa's presidential caucuses were expected to draw record turnout Monday, but early data from the NBC News entrance poll show a big dip in participants attending a Democratic caucus for the first time.

The entrance poll showed just about a third of voters — 35 percent — caucusing this year are first-timers, a lower level than in 2016, when first-timers made up 44 percent of the Hawkeye State's Democratic caucusgoers.

And this year's level of new participants is well shy of that in 2008, when a whopping 57 percent of Democrats said they had never caucused before.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/iowa-caucuses-turnout-entrance-poll-shows-dip-first-timers-n1129381

[randr]

1. Clear indication of a lack of viable candidates

Too many cooks spoil the stew comes to mind.

[bullwinkle428]

3. I honestly think lots of people find multiple choices intimidating. "A vs. B",

Coke vs. Pepsi, Ford vs. Chevy, etc., are somehow WAY more palatable to most people!

[evertonfc]

2. My take

I've been working campaigns since Bill Clinton. I'll say this- outside of the hyper politically engaged, there is little excitement about out candidates. There just isn't.

[randr]

4. Pockets of enthusiasm for individual candidates

who are spending time and money attacking each other. A total meltdown in my opinion.
The elephant in the room happens to be a reptile who is consuming us and we all need to draw attention to the job at hand.
So far MB is the only one focused on removing the cancer.