Voting begins across Iowa as Democrats seeking to defeat President Donald Trump open the first contest of the 2020 presidential primary season
Democratic presidential candidate Sen Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, speaks at a caucus at Roosevelt Hight School, Monday, Feb 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.
By day's end, tens of thousands of Democrats were to have gathered at community centres, high school gyms and more than 1,600 other caucus locations in the premiere of more than 50 contests that will unfold over the next five months. "I'm the one who can pull our party together," Massachusetts Sen Elizabeth Warren told supporters on a telephone call, suggesting her rivals could not. They said they were the ones to bring unity.
Roughly two-thirds of Iowa caucusgoers said supporting a candidate who would fundamentally change how the system in Washington works was important to their vote, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of voters who said they planned to take part in Monday’s Democratic caucuses. Meanwhile, Biden and his wife, Jill, delivered pizza Monday to a few dozen volunteers working the phones at his south Des Moines field office.Iowa offers just a tiny percentage of the delegates needed to win the nomination but plays an outsize role in culling primary fields. A poor showing in Iowa could cause a front-runner’s fundraising to slow and support in later states to dwindle, while a strong result can give a candidate much needed momentum.
"It would be a gross mistake on the part of reporters, voters or anyone else to view whatever happens on Monday — we think it’s going to be close — but view whatever happens as the end and not give credence and space for New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina,” she said of the three states up next on the primary calendar.
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