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7:30 p.m. eastern and have refreshments, a doughnut or two. 8:00 p.m. eastern, party business and speeches for each candidate, two to five minutes each. 8:45 p.m., secret balloting begins, a show of hand caucuses are discouraged now. 9:30 p.m. eastern, people start to leave. within an hour results trickle in. 150, the average number of people at each caucus location. but its not the numbers that could confuse iowans along the way. imagine your boss or neighbor as precinct captain and getting to ...

These connections with voters are a key ingredient in the iowa caucus recipe. we put msnbcs richard lui on the trail of other big numbers to watch for. good morning. >> now youre make me hungry. >> you want pizza. >> thats right, chris. long time coming but ten hours to go and the heat is on. so heres how to follow tonights outcome by the numbers. we start with the number three, no candidate who has come in lower than third place has ever become president. its the iowa winnowing process. 150, th...

7:30 p.m. eastern and have refreshments, a doughnut or two. 8:00 p.m. eastern, party business and speeches for each candidate, two to five minutes each. 8:45 p.m., secret balloting begins, a show of hand caucuses are discouraged now. 9:30 p.m. eastern, people start to leave. within an hour results trickle in. 150, the average number of people at each caucus location. but its not the numbers that could confuse iowans along the way. imagine your boss or neighbor as precinct captain and getting to ...

has he done enough to convince voters on the fence? >> get the ballots i need, votes i need to become our nominee. >> mitt romney hoping to win the first prize while his targets threaten. >> and a sea of loyal reporters. >> its to protect liberty: strap in, get ready. the candidates make their final pitches. >> all right. heres what were watching for you out of iowa. negative vibes rising on the campaign trail. also, what happens to tonights losers? newt gingrich changes his expectatio...

Gingrich and perry. they have the largest caucus location. he could win but he has been severely hammered by rivals outside of a gop mainstream. >> to elect me the country has to change. you have to go back to believing in the constitution and personal liberties and a different foreign policy. >> rick santorum may be the come from behind conservative with a wave of last minute support from christian conservatives make up the votes and could be missed by half of the population polls. >> do what i...

>>guest: no, these are actually party-run elections not a state-sponsored election so the republican party iowa oversees the 1,774 resents, they are volunteer precinct leaders and our advice for law enforcement if the occupy folks disrupt the caucus they can be removed and they can set up camps 15 to 30 outside the caucus location but they cannot disrupt the caucus. >> earlier we opened the show with the potential town out, now, whether that plays a a role, the weather, and mike huckabee said we...

Rights activist, you guys. this woman has been locked out and kept out of restaurants. she knows what this is about and for her if you go on to see the documentary you will see that many, many morefrican americans, stopped, turned and walked away. it breaks your heart. >> yet another episode was where any one who was wearing a hillary campaign button was allegedly told that they could not vote at the polling place that day. lets listen to a volunteer. >> i went standing behind the two elderly wo...

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