The Iowa Caucus is done and over with, but the ramifications of the final results will live long for the national campaign, but also on what happens in Iowa after. Reputations have been made and...
I was excited when I saw Hillary Clinton's final Iowa schedule. Sunday, her last day of full campaigning in the state, took her through Western Iowa, her stronghold of support from 2008. It was...
Throughout this week Starting Line will take a deep dive into the Iowa Caucus results and what it all meant, analyzing turnout patterns and what it means for the candidates' support moving...
It took until the wee hours of the early morning, but at 2:27 AM the Iowa Democratic Party released a statement on the "historically close" results of the 2016 Iowa Caucus. Hillary Clinton had...
It happens every caucus cycle. A campaign worried about a disappointing showing near the end of the race starts to raise questions about the legitimacy of the caucus process. In 2008 Hillary...
In many ways, it feels like 2008 all over again. Despite a seemingly-insurmountable early lead, Hillary Clinton finds herself in a neck-and-neck race. An exciting, upstart Senator campaigning...
Standing up on a chair for one of the last times in his Iowa Caucus campaign, Martin O'Malley implored his volunteers on Saturday night to see their tough fight through on Monday. It was the end...
Guest post from Tracy Sefl I’ve been in political communications for years. And believe me: campaigns make plenty of noise. But the best candidates do more than just talk; they stop and listen to...
Starting Line has gotten a huge influx of national readers in the last few weeks, coming to us for some behind-the-scenes insight on what's going to happen in the Iowa Caucus. I first just want...
Guest post from Andrew Deen Caucuses were the original method for selecting candidates until the primary was introduced in the early 1900’s, but this doesn’t mean caucuses lost all their...
