Team Starting Line

With a little time to breathe now that most of the drama around the caucus reporting has slowed down, the Starting Line team is looking back at everything we experienced this past year. There really is nothing else in American politics like living through a caucus campaign cycle, whether you’re working on a campaign, reporting…

Many Iowans left their precinct caucuses last night in an upbeat mood, largely enjoying the experience to participate with their neighbors in a process that ran considerably more smoothly than in 2016. Then they got home and saw the mess unfolding on cable news as the hours ticked by with no release of results. The…

Many Iowans left their precinct caucuses last night in an upbeat mood, largely enjoying the experience to participate with their neighbors in a process that ran considerably more smoothly than in 2016. Then they got home and saw the mess unfolding on cable news as the hours ticked by with no release of results. The…

Many Iowans left their precinct caucuses last night in an upbeat mood, largely enjoying the experience to participate with their neighbors in a process that ran considerably more smoothly than in 2016. Then they got home and saw the mess unfolding on cable news as the hours ticked by with no release of results. The…

The Democratic presidential candidates competing in Iowa addressed crowds of supporters late Monday night at watch parties around Des Moines despite not knowing who came out on top in the first-in-the nation caucus state. All candidates were declaring victory here, because, why not at this point? Just ran into Andrew Yang as he left his…

The Democratic presidential candidates competing in Iowa addressed crowds of supporters late Monday night at watch parties around Des Moines despite not knowing who came out on top in the first-in-the nation caucus state. All candidates were declaring victory here, because, why not at this point? Just ran into Andrew Yang as he left his…

The Democratic presidential candidates competing in Iowa addressed crowds of supporters late Monday night at watch parties around Des Moines despite not knowing who came out on top in the first-in-the nation caucus state. All candidates were declaring victory here, because, why not at this point? Just ran into Andrew Yang as he left his…

The Iowa Caucus has begun. How it ends tonight remains anyone’s guess. Results have been very slow to release as the Iowa Democratic Party runs quality control checks on the data. Early indications from precincts across the state pointed to a very unpredictable night. Every major candidate fell short of viability in various important precincts…

A few hours remain before results roll in from tonight’s precinct caucuses in Iowa, but satellite caucus locations held earlier today in Iowa, around America and abroad revealed interesting early clues to support and organization. The Iowa Democratic Party exerted extra effort this year to make the caucuses more accessible, including Spanish language precincts, ADA…

A few hours remain before results roll in from tonight’s precinct caucuses in Iowa, but satellite caucus locations held earlier today in Iowa, around America and abroad revealed interesting early clues to support and organization. The Iowa Democratic Party exerted extra effort this year to make the caucuses more accessible, including Spanish language precincts, ADA…