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Iowa Is About To Reshape The Presidential Race — Here's What You Need To Know

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the favorite heading into the caucuses, but polls have shown a tightly jumbled race at the top. Here are key questions and answers about Monday night.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders greets people at a campaign field office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sanders is the slight favorite to win the caucuses, and he hopes it vaults him to the Democratic nomination.

Voting in the Democratic presidential nominating contest is about to kick off with the Iowa caucuses Monday.

The stakes are high in Iowa — the last four Democratic nominees have all won the Hawkeye state. But after about a year of campaigning and $50 million spent here by the candidates, the outcome is unclear.

The pressure is on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders who led in the polls coming in, has drawn the biggest crowds on the ground and does incredibly well with younger voters.

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