Iowa caucuses

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electoral event presidential nominating contest

The Iowa caucuses are the first major electoral event in the U.S. presidential nomination process, where party members in Iowa gather in local meetings to select their preferred candidates.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Iowa caucuses canonical	3
Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses	2
Iowa state elections	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electoral event ⓘ presidential nominating contest ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	barriers to participation ⓘ complexity of rules ⓘ lack of demographic representativeness ⓘ outsized influence relative to size of state ⓘ
determines	allocation of delegates to presidential candidates ⓘ
elects	delegates to county conventions ⓘ delegates to district conventions ⓘ delegates to party conventions ⓘ delegates to state conventions ⓘ
follows	campaigning in Iowa ⓘ invisible primary ⓘ pre-primary campaign period ⓘ
frequency	every four years ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	can winnow presidential field ⓘ complex rules for delegate allocation ⓘ disproportionate media attention ⓘ first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest for many cycles ⓘ grassroots organizing focus ⓘ held in precinct-level meetings ⓘ held in winter ⓘ lower turnout than primaries ⓘ outsized influence on campaign momentum ⓘ public expression of candidate preference ⓘ requires in-person participation ⓘ retail politics emphasis ⓘ time-consuming participation process ⓘ town-meeting style gatherings ⓘ
hasPart	Democratic caucuses in Iowa ⓘ Republican caucuses in Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Iowa ⓘ
notableFor	ability to boost underdog candidates ⓘ ability to damage perceived front-runners ⓘ
organizedBy	Iowa Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	U.S. presidential nomination process ⓘ United States presidential primary process NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	New Hampshire primary in calendar discussions ⓘ
startTime	evening ⓘ
usedByParty	Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ other smaller parties in some years ⓘ
usedFor	gauging candidate viability ⓘ selecting preferred presidential candidates ⓘ testing campaign organization strength ⓘ
usesElectoralSystem	caucus system ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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“Dean Scream” speech → associatedWith → Iowa caucuses ⓘ

subject surface form: Dean Scream speech

“Dean Scream” widely replayed on television → associatedWith → Iowa caucuses ⓘ

subject surface form: Dean Scream

Iowa Democratic caucuses 2000 → isPartOfSeries → Iowa caucuses ⓘ

Iowa Democratic Party → organizes → Iowa caucuses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses

Iowa Democratic Party → notableEvent → Iowa caucuses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses

Iowa Democratic Party → participatesIn → Iowa caucuses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iowa state elections