“At least half the time the winner fizzles out afterwards.”
The purpose of our Iowa caucuses isn’t to pick a winner for the rest of the country; it’s just for the people who vote here in Iowa.
It is simply JUST PART of a sorting process nationwide.
People get WAY to excited about their perception that Iowa takes away everyone else’s choices. It doesn’t.
A good candidate will do well here; a bad candidate wont.
On one hand people disparage the Iowa caucuses saying “they don’t pick a winner there”. Then on the other hand they say it has too much influence!
“On one hand people disparage the Iowa caucuses saying “they don’t pick a winner there”. Then on the other hand they say it has too much influence!”
And that depends on whether you’re winning or loosing at the moment there.
My bet is that the farmers in Iowa are worried that Trump might cut into their subsidies and they’d have to actually grow something!
Iowa is the first, though. Many are under the impression that it’s some sort of bellwether for the rest of the country, flawed as that logic is.