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s from January 12 until

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, March 5, 2024. This was the result of a compromise between the

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and the

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(DNC). Iowa traditionally holds its race first during the presidential primary and caucuses season, but the DNC wanted South Carolina to instead hold its race first. 46 delegates to the

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were allocated to presidential candidates. Incumbent

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presidential candidate

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, and Representative

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. All three candidates filed to appear on the mail-in ballot and were certified by the filing deadline on December 1, 2023 - along with a choice to vote for "

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". Joe Biden won the primary, along with all 40 pledged delegates.

Scheduling controversy

President Joe Biden sent a letter on December 1, 2022, to the

(DNC), requesting that "diversity" should be emphasized in the

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, shifting Iowa's traditional status of the first state to hold a caucus. A December 2022 vote by the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee the following day approved the change. On February 4, 2023, the DNC approved a new 2024 primary calendar, moving South Carolina to hold its race first on February 3. Iowa, which traditionally goes first, would then be held later in the primary season. Members of the

and the

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opposed the move, since they would no longer be the first two states to hold their races. Lee Saunders, a member of the Rules and Bylaws Committee who was in favor of the change, said that adjusting the calendar will give a truer representation of the composition of the country. Under normal circumstances, the

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operate very differently from

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s used in most other U.S. states. Instead of going to polling places to cast ballots, Iowans instead gather in-person at local caucus meetings to discuss and vote on the candidates, which are typically held at selected schools, churches, public libraries, or even individuals' houses. In response to the chaotic

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and the DNC's new rules and calendar, the Iowa Democratic Party initially planned to allow voting-by-mail for the first time, hoping to gain a better spot on the primary calendar through closely abiding by the new rules and enlarging their voter base. They speculate that in doing so they could take the spot of another planned early state that fails to meet the date expected by the DNC. However in early June 2023, the Republican-controlled

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and Iowa Governor

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signed a new bill into law requiring the caucuses to be held in person in order to force Iowa Democrats not to follow the DNC plan and to secure Iowa's first-in-the-nation status. Iowa Democrats wanted to hold the caucus in person, select delegates and complete party business, fulfilling the law, while they would still organize the presidential preference vote by mail-in cards and officially declare the results during the later timeframe sanctioned by the DNC. On October 6, the DNC and the Iowa Democratic Party reached a compromise in which the in-person caucuses could still be held in January, but delegate-determining voting were held through the mail until

, March 5.

Opinion polling

Results

Notes

References

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Iowa Democratic caucuses

Scheduling controversy

Opinion polling

Results

See also

Notes

References