Why Is the Iowa Caucus First?

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🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Jordan Klepper heads to Iowa to gauge how Iowans feel about kicking off primary season and to figure out why Iowa gets first dibs on voting. Al Madrigal learns about Iowa's important position in the candidate selection process. And Ronny Chieng explains why the Iowa caucuses are important in the presidential election cycle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.0	tonight's debate was in Iowa,
0:42.8	because in just three weeks,
0:45.2	they will cast the first votes in the Democratic primary,
0:49.0	just like they do in every presidential election.
0:52.3	And if you want to know what it feels like to be number one,
0:55.2	well our own Jordan Klepper went on the road to find out. Last weekend I went to beautiful balmy Iowa to see how they feel about kicking off primary season.
1:12.0	I cannot be more excited to be in the center of the
1:14.4	universe right now. Center the universe right here. Des Moines, Iowa baby. Let's get
1:19.1	this caucus going. Boom! It's f f fucking caucus timey.
1:24.0	It's fucking caucus time baby.
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