My Experience Voting in the Iowa Caucus

This probably could have been a reply to another post about the Iowa Caucus but I wanted to make sure you suckers read it, so I started my own post. In college I did actually vote in the Iowa Caucus. It was the campaign leading up to the eventual meeting of Clinton and Dole, I voted Clinton that year. At the time, I figured it was a once in a lifetime chance. Now, with my loathing of people reaching all time highs, Iowa might not be a bad place to move back to.

It was widely accepted that Clinton was going to run away with the Dem side, so I went to the Republican Caucus figuring there would be a little more action, I am using that term very loosely. I had to register as a Republican, sign away my soul and then was allowed into the school. Dole was the heavy favorite and Alex P. Keaton and the young Republican's club were there in full force with their Dole buttons and collared shirts and sweaters. We sat in a class room and there was a definite starting time for the caucus. Once that time arrived, everyone was given a chance to speak for their candidate. There was nothing really insightful said, kind of like pre-game football talk "i like my team and I think they will win." After the speeches we voted and that was that. I voted for Steve Forbes. It was clear Dole was going to win, so I thought I would be different and throw my vote towards the mad man, a method I still sometimes use (No, I was not in Minnesota when Jesse won.) I think the results were Dole, Alexander (remember that guy- ABC Alexander beats Clinton) followed by Forbes.

Dawn's experience was completely different as she was in a different precinct. It followed what I would consider normal voting, you show, you cast a vote, you leave. There were no speeches on behalf of candidates or anything like that. It took her all of 5 minutes, where mine was probably more than an hour.

From my experience the whole thing was kind of a farce. There was no uniformity and the candidates that come out on top are many times crushed soon after (see ABC). Obviously, I did not do my part to the help legitimize the whole thing either.