Democratic Primaries

peggysue2

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16. Listened to a short piece this morning

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 05:34 PM

Jan 2020

According to the clip Jimmy Carter, a political unknown outside of Georgia at the time, had a lot to do with elevating Iowa to prominence. Carter's strategy was to light up the sky in Iowa with a massive win, and then jet propel his campaign into the political atmosphere. And it worked, shocking a lot of people, the media in particular that would later fuel Carter's success. Reportedly, Carter had a massive ground game in Iowa while the 11 other Dem candidates pretty much ignored the state. At the time, it was a new idea that setting a fire in the first state could ignite a national campaign.

Paid off for Carter in '76. Guess everyone hopes for another lightening strike.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Red States, Blue States, Purple States and...Beige States? [View all] MineralMan Jan 2020 OP

I dunno, the candidates seem to think the Iowa caucuses are pretty important. DanTex Jan 2020 #1

Do they really? I doubt it, but they can't really not run in Iowa and NH. MineralMan Jan 2020 #2

Except for Bloomberg, they seem to be pouring money into it. DanTex Jan 2020 #3

Bloomberg would probably argue that they're wasting their money. MineralMan Jan 2020 #6

They are important to Sanders and Warren...If Biden manages to win Iowa convincingly, they are Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #10

Great Post! redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #4

Agreed! Which is why my caucus, NV, is the first "real" vote. eclecticdyslexic Jan 2020 #5

That's true. NV doesn't have a large delegation at the convention either, though. MineralMan Jan 2020 #7

I agree in principle that a primary is a better system. eclecticdyslexic Jan 2020 #8

Enjoy your caucus experience. I have always enjoyed mine, for sure. MineralMan Jan 2020 #9

You can early vote in Nevada squirecam Jan 2020 #12

Welcome to DU and Enjoy! Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #13

They do have early voting this time MM...and I am interested to see how this affects the outcome. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #11

So you are arguing that we just dismiss majority-white states TheRealNorth Jan 2020 #14

Not at all. I'm talking about the primary campaign. MineralMan Jan 2020 #15

Listened to a short piece this morning peggysue2 Jan 2020 #16