Second votes could sway Iowa Democratic race
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ANKENY, Iowa  - In Iowa's unpredictable Democratic presidential scramble, a voter's second choice can be as important as the first -- and ultimately could make the difference in a tight race.
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The US presidential election process is set to start with voters in Iowa choosing their party nominees.
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Rasmussen Reports - All year, Iowa has been a must-win state for Barack Obama and John Edwards. Now, with just two-and-a-half weeks to go until voters finally get a say in Election 2008, Iowa is becoming more and more important to Hillary Clinton. As we noted last week and the week before, the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination is getting closer and closer.
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He may leave Iowa a proven winner, but the onetime underdog also leaves behind much of his evangelical support and faces new scrutiny and rivals
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the next U.S. president on Thursday, with Democrats Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards in a frantic scramble for the top spot in the campaign's first nominating contest.
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Uplifting appeals largely replaced stinging insults Tuesday as Democratic and Republican candidates did the only thing left to do in Iowa races that are too close to call Â encourage supporters to vote for them.
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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, Iowa  - Voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the next president on Thursday, with Democrats Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards in a frantic scramble for the top spot in the campaign's first nominating contest.
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He may be Iowa's governor, but Tom Vilsack's home-field advantage isn't enough to force rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination to cede him the game &#151; far from it.
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Preparations are under way at the second precinct in Nevada, Iowa.
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Democrats are trying to pull something funny with absentee ballots, the Republicans are telling Iowa voters. No, it's just the Republicans trying to scare people out of voting, the Democrats retort.
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DES MOINES, Jan. 3 -- Sen. Barack Obama, riding a message of hope and change and buoyed by extraordinary turnout, decisively won the Iowa Democratic caucuses Thursday night, dealing a significant setback to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for the party's 2008 presidential nomination.
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Democratic presidential  candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead in Iowa over rivals  Hillary Clinton and John Edwards heading into Thursday's  caucuses, according to a poll by The Des Moines Register  released on Monday.
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Many Democrats in Iowa have been in a state of happy paralysis. Republican voters are sounding more decisive.
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DES MOINES, Jan. 1 -- With two days before Iowans go to the polls, significant support for Sen. Barack Obama from political independents has put rival Democratic campaigns on edge, challenging the traditional model of the state's caucuses as a low-turnout exercise dominated by partisan insiders.
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A new TIME poll shows the Democratic candidate leading Clinton and Obama in the important caucus state. But voters aren't viewing him as a change agent
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With Iowa just three weeks away, the end of indignities is near for third-tier candidates. And not a moment too soon