Caucus goers are assigned
to a caucus location in their polling precinct.
They show up to their locations where every candidate for the Democratic nomation has a designated area within the room.
Caucus goers move around the room to their preferred candidate’s designated areas and use preference cards to publicly express their choice. They can also try to convince undecided goers to join their area.
Once everyone has picked
a candidate, or chosen to remain uncommited, caucus leaders tally up the areas.
Every candidate that has
at least 15% of the vote
is considered viable.
1
2
3
FIRST ALIGNMENT
4
People who caucused with
a viable candidate cannot change their vote. They can either leave, or choose to participate in the remainder
of the caucus.
Those who caucused with a non-viable candidate have a few options:
Choose to caucus with an
already viable candidate:
FINAL ALIGNMENT
5
Rally other free agents to make
a non-viable candidate viable:
Caucus goers who align with a non-viable candidate can
choose not to pick another candidate or do one of the following:
After the results of the second alignment are fully tallied, delegates will be are allocated proportionally among the candidates who broke
15% of the vote at the congressional district and statewide level.
The candidate who wins the most votes out of Iowa may not necessarily win the most delegates.
SECOND ALIGNMENT