Your contention is USED OATS. Caucuses are far more Thant “straw polls”. Comments. like yours are born of ignorance of the process. The farce in primaries is states that allow open primaries, which are far closer to straw polls than a caucus ever coul be.
We feel our process is as good as any states; and honestly we are getting a bit tired of all the attacks on our state on our process here.
The problem isn't Iowa; the problem is the lack of enthusiasm for the candidates. And the resulting attempts of people trying to exploit that. Iowans didn't select the current candidates that are running.
Every state gets their say on the candidates. Our caucus is just one vote; there are 56 more states that get to select after Iowa.