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Iowa picks corn. new hampshire picks presidents. thats what they say out east to disparage the importance of the iowa caucuses. but american political history tells a different story. going back to 1846, iowans had chosen delegates to the national conventions in the springtime, through a quick succession of local, county, district and state caucuses in which party leaders were mostly in charge. but that changed after 1968, the most tumultuous year in modern american politics. lyndon johnson deci...

Iowa picks corn. new hampshire picks presidents. thats what they say out east to disparage the importance of the iowa caucuses. but american political history tells a different story. going back to 1846, iowans had chosen delegates to the national conventions in the springtime, through a quick succession of local, county, district and state caucuses in which party leaders were mostly in charge. but that changed after 1968, the most tumultuous year in modern american politics. lyndon johnson deci...

Iowa picks corn. new hampshire picks presidents. thats what they say out east to disparage the importance of the iowa caucuses. but american political history tells a different story. going back to 1846, iowans had chosen delegates to the national conventions in the springtime, through a quick succession of local, county, district and state caucuses in which party leaders were mostly in charge. but that changed after 1968, the most tumultuous year in modern american politics. lyndon johnson deci...

Rank and file more power itch the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we dont want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen input from the start itch the new, ...

Make new rules to get the party rank and file more power itch the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we dont want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen inp...

>> that spurred democrats to make new rules to get the party rank and file more power itch the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we dont want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convent...