The Campaigns Cant do what they normally would be able to do between the blizzard and now this cold that is quite literally dangerous. Iowans are not afraid of the cold by any stretch but this is a particularly different situation, and so they have to adjust their turnout organizations. In particular, the Trump Campaign calling precinct captains, does your vehicle have four wheel drive, we need you to pick up your neighbors and get them to the caucus site. Its a significant test of the ground game. Also enthusiasm. You have to be excited to vote to leave your house when the windchills are down at negative 30 or negative 40 degrees. Thats what it feels like here in iowa. So its just pretty wild. But, you know, i got to tell you, you mentioned tat the top, this is a test of how dominant a front Runner Donald Trump is. Thats the right way to look at it. The thing that i love the most about covering Campaign Politics is that voters often surprise
much drop-off. bill: you have been doing this since 2012, ten, 12 years into this. that could be right. we started in the obama days. whenever that was. bill: is that a caucus site probably not. we need bigger spots than that. in urbandale of the 13 caucus locations. there is no place at the restaurant unless we took the whole building. bill: what is on their minds when they get together and what do they express? they express everything political. they are concerned about the current administration. they are concerned about the cold weather. it could be anything. bill: and kim, when you think about the turnout tonight, 187,000 was the high mark. do you think you get there or do you think you beat it? is probably not quite. we have the weather and the last time we had a lot more candidates. candidates turn out supporters.
Benefits. When you put it that way, it sounds so about a sabsurd, but its what happened. Next, well talk to two republican insiders who are up close with tonights contest, and talk about whether they expect trump to overperform or underperform. Well talk with brian todd who is live inside an actual caucus site. One week before new hampshire goes to the polls, Ron Desantis makes his case and takes questions directly from voters. Moderated by wolf blitzer, the Cnn President Ial Town hall, live from new hampshirere, Totomorro Night T at 9 00 onon cnn
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That are setting up tonight for this caucus. I have to tell you, martha, look, i talked to people here in iowa in the last couple days who say they will not make a decision until they come to their Caucus Site and get handed a ballot. That december you how important the last minute pitches are. Everyone is on the campaign trail today. Everyone by former. Trump holding a public campaign event. He does have a large group of surrogates out across iowa including Capitol Hill republicans. Now trump could make History Tonight if he clinches more than 41 of the vote. He might be trying to make headlines by breaking 50 in an attempt to end the primary season early. Although his campaign is trying to push back a little bit on those on that chatter about the 50 , trying to lower