When are the Iowa caucuses and why are they so important?
The reason why the Iowa caucus matters is the same reason why money has value: Because people believe it does.
Over just a few decades, the Iowa caucuses went from a local affair to a national circus, with some presidential candidates gambling their entire campaigns on their fortunes in the corn-covered Hawkeye State. The next iteration of the is set to take place on 15 January 2024.
‘The entire Iowa caucus game is really about expectations’
Des Moines Register politics reporter Katie Akin has been to countless events in Iowa this campaign season.
“The entire Iowa caucus game is really about expectations,” she tells The Independent. “And that’s true throughout the entire early campaign all the way up until caucus night.”
“It’s the first chance for these candidates to really impress or disappoint the people who are watching this race. And that is all based on how they are expected to do versus how they end up doing,” she adds.
Iowa’s rise in political importance was unplanned — the process used to be dominated by
