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Disenfranchises people. is that a fair argument and is there any chance at all that at some point the caucus system goes away? >> well, the caucus system wont go away voluntarily. it will go away when candidates stop wanting to come to iowa and the media stops covering it. the dnc could at some point say iowa, youre not going to be first anymore or were not going to allow caucuses. that will not stop iowa from having caucuses. it wont stop iowa from having an event. its really going to be the ca...

Of the caucuses. theyve tried a couple of things. there were some satellite caucuses as a pilot project four years ago, just a very few sites. it went okay. iowa had a telephonic caucus four years ago for overseas military and also other people working overseas. actually that process went fairly smoothly. they wanted to expand that as well but the dnc shut it down. they had concerns about the security of that and whether it possibly could be hacked. so iowa did just have to default to expanding ...

Going down. >> david: the one she needs to be most concerned about is in the last ten days shes only been up in one poll in iowa and new hampshire which are far more important than these national polls we get to hear about every day. all of that said, here we are once again with the democratic primary caucus system in our party that says we we should get rid of the electoral college because one man, one vote is what counts. why dont they have a national primary? why is iowa and new hampshire get...

Primary election. >> bret: she said she doesnt do polls, but something tells me she follows them because theres a new one out in iowa from "the des moines register" and cnn that has elizabeth warren up. at margin of error, its essentially tied but the first polls showing her up there. if you look to this poll, the favorability rating among the three democrats -- and this is striking too, 75% favorable for elizabeth morgan and there you see the top three. heres the real clear politics average of ...

A lot of people are excited for the polk county democrat steak fry in iowa. the steaks going to be great, but thats not the only reason people are excited because the event is expected to include a huge crowd including 17 democratic presidential candidates. >> why is iowa so important? i know a lot of people might be wondering that. this is the starting line essentially in presidential politics. the caucus can indicate how a candidate can perform throughout the election season. most of all, iowa...

Options and figure out what we can do to make this work. because our goal everywhere and i will remind you, chuck, we made some really remarkable reforms over a year ago that were designed to increase participation and they have done that. >> should you abandon all caucuses in hindsight? just forget this caucus? >> well, actually, six states, as a result of the -- >> ended up getting rid of -- >> have moved from a caucus to primaries. including colorado where i was yesterday. and those states th...

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To be a more expanded caucus system because what was going on left out a lot of voters in the democratic process. so lets talk about what were discussing, which is the caucus process. for a caucus, you have to go as a voter to an area at a specific time, stay for several hours and that is very different from a primary where a voter can stop by, cast a ballot at any point of the day. well, just a few minutes ago, the democratic national committee officially rejected a plan in iowa, also in nevada...

People dont care on the ground. and number two, it is not what we have seen from this administration and the president. three, it is biden. a lot of that is baked in with voters. >> if you look at his body of work, thats what people care about. they care about fixing health care, lowering prescription drug prices, access. they could give two flying kuyts about things he may mix together. >> we will learn more we think litter today about the dnc saying no thank you. that is interesting. you made ...

Senior political editor nbc news. two sources telling nbc news that the dnc could recommend nixing the plan. whats the problem with it? >> the problem would be security concerns, craig, but having people part in a virtual caucus by their smartphone dollars. this was a situation laid out months ago in an effort to boost participation. one of the criticisms of a caucus contest would be that as people go to the caucuses, thats like your neighborhood gymnasium, high school meeting rooms, and you kin...