First in the Nation: Scenes from Iowa
The Iowa Caucuses -- the very first contest of the 2016 presidential season -- kick off on Monday, Feb. 1. For the last several months, digital journalist Kylie Atwood has been living in Iowa covering the campaigns for CBS News and documenting her life on the road in Iowa.
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According to the latest Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register poll, Hillary Clinton is up over Bernie Sanders 45 to 42 percent among likely Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa. On the other side, Donald Trump is on top with 28 percent support, with Ted Cruz following at 23 percent.
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There are 1,681 precincts in Iowa that will hold caucuses - about 1,100 spots for Democrats and 900 for Republicans.
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The Iowa caucuses take place on Feb. 1. In the race for the White House, Iowa is the first state to nominate for the two parties' general election tickets.
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You have to be a registered Republican or a registered Democrat to caucus in Iowa, but both parties will register voters on the day of the caucus.
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The Democratic Party of Iowa (IDP) calls the caucus an "organizational gathering of neighbors...where Democrats meet to conduct party business and declare their Presidential preference."
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In 2012, 121,503 Republicans showed up to caucus -- just shy of 20 percent of Republicans who were registered to vote at the time.
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucuses in 2012.
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Only two Iowa caucus winners since 1980 - Bob Dole in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2000 - went on to win the GOP nomination.
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Only two Democrats since 1980 -- Richard Gephardt in 1988 and Tom Harkin in 1992 -- have won the Iowa caucuses but lost the nomination.
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New Hampshire has a state law that says it must be the first state to hold a primary in a presidential election. But because Iowa holds a caucus rather than a primary, it has remained the first state to hold any kind of test on candidates for both parties.
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Barack Obama in 2008, John Kerry in 2004, Al Gore in 2000, Walter Mondale in 1984, and Jimmy Carter in 1980 all won the democratic nomination after winning the Iowa caucuses.
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The 2008 Democratic caucuses, which pitted Barack Obama against Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, saw turnout of almost 40 percent.
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The population of Iowa is 3.1 million.
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The Des Moines Register has endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, and Marco Rubio for the Republican nomination.