Iowa caucus: wooing one voter at a time
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If Hillary Rodham Clinton wins Iowa's presidential caucuses, it won't be because of endorsements or poll numbers. It will be because of people like Carol McCarty, who lives in the state's heavily Republican northwest corner but plans to attend her local caucus and stand up for Clinton.
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DES MOINES -- The Iowa caucuses, stripped bare, are all about numbers. Let's start with 99, the number of counties in the state. Then 1,781, the number of precincts where caucusing takes place. Followed by 230,000, the estimated number of caucusgoers (some 150,000 Democrats and 80,000 Republicans)....
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An Iowa voter who at first was teased by Democrat Barack Obama ended up in a tearful embrace with the Illinois senator and presidential candidate during a campaign stop Wednesday.
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Â· Huge crowds flock to hear victor of Iowa caucuses   Â· Hostility to Bush sways young voters
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - In an effort of record size, tens of thousands of volunteers in Iowa have knocked on doors, cajoled neighbors, stuffed mailboxes and manned phone lines on behalf of their favorite White House contender.
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Camille Reyes used to be apolitical and irked by almost anyone ringing her doorbell to make a pitch. But these days, she's knocking on strangers' doors with missionary zeal to talk about one of the touchiest topics on the election agenda.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- With less than two weeks until Election Day, the candidates continue to stream into Iowa to fight for its seven electoral votes.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton made one thing very clear to Iowa voters Friday: She's serious about campaigning in their state. "I'm going to be in Iowa so often I'm going to be able to caucus for myself," Clinton told attendees at town meetings here.
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The Iowa caucuses are typically low-turnout affairs that are notoriously hard to predict, but this year, preelection polls accurately captured the underlying dynamics of both parties' contests. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois appealed to a change-oriented Democratic electorate, and former Arkansas ...
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Contenders in the 2008 US presidential race campaign in Iowa, a key early state in picking each party's nominee.
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Armed with a Palm Pilot and stacks of political fliers and registration forms, Michael Smith is hunting for voters the old-fashioned way -- by knocking on one door at a time.
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This yearâs caucuses are expected to draw new voters thoroughly unfamiliar with the process.
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Some questions and answers about the Iowa caucuses:
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The good citizens of Iowa are getting an eyeful and an earful of political ads these days, far more than before, even for one of the epicenters of presidential politics.
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With both the Republican and Democratic races in Iowa too close to call, the winner could turn on such small but crucial factors as snowflakes and babysitters
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With just one week to go before the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates are focusing on the Hawkeye state, working to clearly define the choices they are offering.
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Just about everybody wants to have their say in this presidential election. From evangelical preachers who claim "God is not a Republican or a Democrat" to the anti-abortion Catholics Against Kerry, political advertising by smaller groups, and individuals in some cases, is popping up across the country.