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welcome to "inside politics" live from iowa. here we go. the first vote of the 2024 presidential election are tonight. after months of rallying, tens of millions in campaign ads, voters will finally have their say. and in the last few hours, candidates are scrambling to reach as many of those voters as possible. >> you have to get it done quickly. we have to set the stage. >> think of the fact that you might be making history in this moment. >> we are the nations best days actually sti...

>> joining me now by phone, political reporter and iowa aficionado tom beaumont. nice to have you. >> thank you, kate. >> lets talk about your take on iowa first. okay? a lot of questions about trumps ground game there, whether the supporters really turn out, whether the people that say they like him will show up and caucus. how do you characterize trumps iowa operation? >> it is hard to tell. he has people running the campaign with experience running statewide campaigns. his iowa director chuck...

Facilities. he has 250,000 emails from his time as governor of florida. he has been an avid e-mailer for decades and says he will have the best digital campaign in the business. his emphasis on transparency to a lot of folks amounts to sort of a bank shot at new jersey governor chris christie. christie is waiting on the feds to wrap up the george washington bridgegate scandal investigation. in the meantime, he has been building a team and stepping up his policy briefings. he is also sending a ma...

Presidential candidates, every time we pick a new president and the straw poll is the first sign of how they handle that great power and that great responsibility. and then come the iowa caucuses. actual election night. the iowa caucuses are run by the parties and not by the state government and this past year on election night, in the all-important first in the nation iowa caucuses to choose a republican nominee to run against president obama, the chairman of the iowa republican party made the ...

The straw poll is the first sign of how they handle that great power and that great responsibility, and then come the iowa caucuses. actual election night. the iowa caucuses are run by the parties and not by the state government, and this past year on election night in the all-important first in the nation iowa caucuses to choose a republican nominee to run against president obama, the chairman of the iowa republican party made the announcement late after midnight on the night of the caucuses th...

In 20008, barack obama had an intensive data organization as well. >> thats right. >> one thing to say im at a pizza ranch or the guy who organized saner to runs win in 2012, he does not have, as far as we know, data-driven targeted operation to find those people who have not turned out before. >> who does have the best organization? i mean, is it cruz? >> trumps organization is better than people think, thats always the line you hear. >> yep. >> and frankly what ive seen. >> yep. >> but it does...