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To give the party's rank and file more power. >> the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was we don't want to see any more smokeilled rooms. >> bret: iowans caucus historian said it led to big changes in the state. >> in 1972, they decided to elongate the process and pick delegate at prestinct level, county and the state and national convention so there was input from the start. >> bret: that new elongated process required iowa democrats to hold their first round of caucuses. in 2,000 or so precincts earlier than before. they scheduled ...

Democrats to make new rules. to give the party's rank and file more power. >> the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was we don't want to see any more smoke filled rooms. >> bret: iowans caucus historian said it led to big changes in the state. >> in 1972, they decided to elongate the process and pick delegate at prestinct level, county and the state and national convention so there was input from the start. >> bret: that new elongated process required iowa democrats to hold their first round of caucuses. in 2,000 or so precincts earli...