{"id":1626,"date":"2016-01-30T23:37:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T15:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/30\/the-iowa-caucuses-explained-by-iowans\/"},"modified":"2016-01-30T23:37:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T15:37:59","slug":"the-iowa-caucuses-explained-by-iowans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/30\/the-iowa-caucuses-explained-by-iowans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Iowa caucuses, explained by Iowans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014 The Iowa caucuses, the official kickoff to the presidential primary process, are just around the corner. And most people have no idea what they are or why they matter.<\/p>\n

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See also: Iowa Democrats, Republicans unveil Microsoft app to streamline caucuses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On Feb. 1, registered Republicans and Democrats will have their say at caucuses across the state. You may be used to going to your local polling place, pushing a button or pulling a lever and heading home. In Iowa, having your say in the presidential primary process looks nothing<\/em> like that.<\/p>\n

But why is everyone freaking out about which presidential candidates Iowans choose as their Democratic and Republican presidential nominees? Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

More about Us World<\/a>, Iowa<\/a>, Election 2016<\/a>, Iowa Caucus<\/a>, and Ooyala Video Lead Template<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014 The Iowa caucuses, the official kickoff to the presidential primary process, are just around the corner. And most people have no idea what they are or why they matter. See also: Iowa Democrats, Republicans unveil Microsoft … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[835,1292,1293,1294,732],"class_list":["post-1626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-election-2016","tag-iowa","tag-iowa-caucus","tag-ooyala-video-lead-template","tag-us-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}