How do caucuses work, anyway?
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🗓️ 1 February 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi there, is the Mayor Ray? |
| 0:07.0 | Marissa Lang with the Washington Post. |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, it's Dossie, order to pick your brain on the phone. |
| 0:11.0 | Hi, my name's Janet Johnson. |
| 0:13.0 | This is Post Reports. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm routine powers. |
| 0:18.0 | It's Friday, January 31st. |
| 0:24.0 | Today, the arcane process behind the Iowa caucuses. |
| 0:28.0 | And the vote that sets up the president's acquittal. |
| 0:35.0 | The way I described it to somebody I know is that it's basically just this giant game of musical chairs happening all around the state. |
| 0:43.0 | He's holding the baby shoe for him yesterday and she says, we have to go vote for your future. |
| 0:49.0 | It's really awesome. |
| 0:51.0 | And I mean, who comes to Iowa for, you don't come to Iowa for anything other than the caucus? |
| 0:55.0 | You can tell the hype and excitement, the buzz in the city. |
| 0:59.0 | Yeah, you know it's near. |
| 1:02.0 | The Iowa caucuses are a very long tradition. |
| 1:06.0 | Kayla Epstein has been reporting on the Iowa Democratic caucuses happening on Monday. |
| 1:11.0 | They're this very organic form of democracy. |
| 1:14.0 | It's literally people gathering in homes. |
| 1:17.0 | We are at a hotel actually at Genesiums and rooms. |
| 1:20.0 | We're Muslims. |
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