If Barack Obama had not won in Iowa, most commentators believe that he would not have been able to go on to capture the Democratic nomination for president. Why

Although some people refer to Iowa as “flyover country,” presidential candidates and political reporters in the national press corps have no difficulty loca

For more than 40 years, Iowa has held the first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. A vibrant political culture has emerged as a result of this role, and Iowa

Once an obscure regional affair, the Iowa precinct caucuses have become political olympics, of make-or-break importance to presidential candidates every four ye

This text explores the role of the media in the American electoral process, focusing on Iowa as a prism on the national scene. The author examines the beginning