The Iowa Caucus

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Podcasts

News, Politics, News Commentary

3.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Bret is on the ground in Des Moines, Iowa and is joined by Chris Stirewalt, FOX News Politics Editor, Daron Shaw, University distinguished teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Chris Anderson, President of Beacon Research, and Arnon Mishkin, Director of the FOX News Decision Desk. The FOX News Decision Team walks through why this year’s Iowa caucus is different from previous years, the possibility of a non-front runner claiming victory in the Hawkeye state and discusses what the outcome of a Sanders-Trump primary match up would look like. Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.3	From Fox News, it's the campaign with Brett Baer.
0:38.6	We are here. The Iowa caucuses are upon us. The Fox News Decision Desk is waiting eagerly to discuss our topic today, basically how we'll get a winner. Aside from the ones trapped on Capitol Hill, the candidates have been busy on the campaign trail with whispers
0:54.9	of candidates making side deals in hopes of gaining more delegates in the final count, or the
1:00.8	recent polls showing former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in a dead
1:05.8	heat here in Iowa.
1:07.5	We'll start there with our decision team.
1:09.7	Chris Tyrewald, Fox News Politics Editor, Darren Shaw, University Distinguished
1:14.3	Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Chris Anderson, president of
1:18.3	Beacon Research, and Arnon, Michigan, director of the Fox News Decision
1:23.2	Desicions. Gentlemen, good to see you or hear you. Nice to be here. Great to be here, Brett.
1:29.3	Arnon, let's start with you. You know, caucuses are different and they're challenging in a way,
1:36.7	especially for you guys. Talk a little bit about that. Okay, so the hardest thing tomorrow is that
1:41.0	the Democratic Party, which reports the results of their caucuses, is going
1:44.6	to be reporting three different numbers. The first number they're going to report is something
1:48.9	called First Alignment, which is how people, when they show up at the caucuses, sign in for
1:53.8	which candidate they sign in for. The second number, when people sign into it for a candidate,
1:58.8	they need to measure whether or not that candidate achieves viability in that precinct, which is typically 15%. If your candidate does not achieve
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