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Sunday, January 20th, 2008

The Nevada Un-Caucus

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — The results are in. That’s nice, but we’ve been here looking into why turnout for the Nevada caucuses has been so historically poor, what that means, and why it worked out better this time around. The big-picture question: is our voting system broken? (more…)

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Monday, January 7th, 2008

Iowa Un-Caucus; NH is Next

We’re looking forward to the New Hampshire primary, but we’re also taking a look back. Despite record-high voter participation in last week’s Iowa caucuses, voter turnout in Iowa didn’t break 17 percent. Watch the video to see who were the un-caucusers, and why. (more…)

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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Iowa Caucus: The Animated Edition!

Ever wonder what the heck the Iowa caucus is really all about? Into animated stick figures? Man, have we got the video for you. We lay it all out for you in this week’s episode.

10/25 UPDATE: The Dems will caucus on Jan 3rd. (more…)

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