Caucus Games: How Last-Minute Maneuvers Could Tilt Iowa Outcome
- Unlike primaries, caucuses often turn on voters’ second choice
- New rules in 2020 could stop gamesmanship of past contests
A volunteer speaks to attendees during a canvass training at a field office for Senator Bernie Sanders in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 31.
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After months of campaigning, the outcome of the Iowa caucuses could come down to spur-of-the-moment decisions by thousands of voters.
It’s that dynamic that makes Iowa hard to predict. Polls show Bernie Sanders is the first choice of an increasing number of Democrats going into Monday night’s meetings.