A little tidbit that Bernie fans will love!

[CoffeeCat]

11. It's an honor and a pleasure!

We get to meet all of the candidates and ask them questions. We also have fun at political events.

Lots of reporters around, and that is so interesting.

My husband said that he invited the CNN reporter and her producer to our home for dinner, while they are here. So…that may be happening. It's all so fun. But we take it seriously!

I feel lucky to live in a state that conducts their caucuses as our state does. Each voting precinct meets in a public space (each county has many precincts--dozens to hundreds, depending on the population in that area). My precinct has hundreds of people. Last time 300 of us met at a local library (some precincts have thousands of people; some have only a few people who meet in living rooms to vote!). We divide ourself into "camps"--according to the candidate we support. People then give speeches--about why they support the candidate they do. Anyone can speak. We try to convince others to vote for our candidate and lay out their ideas/policies. It's very lively, fun and sometimes candidates themselves show up. People shift between camps, until the end when final votes are counted by a show of hands. Counts are double, triple checked and a final count is called in to the County Precinct by a group of people--to ensure accuracy and fairness.

This is done all across Iowa. It's truly democracy in action.