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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 4 February 2020

Continued from front Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete The four senators in the field
Outside Iowa City's Englert Buttigieg — could score a left Iowa late Sunday to re-
Theatre, long lines stretched victory in Iowa's unpredict- turn to the U.S. Capitol for
a block in two directions. able and quirky caucus sys- Trump's impeachment trial,
Organizers bracing for a tem as organizers prepared but did what they could to
large turnout opened the for record turnout. Sen. keep their campaigns go-
balcony for extra seating Amy Klobuchar, who rep- ing from Washington. While
and warned early arrivals resents neighboring Min- Warren held her telephone
to expect delays. nesota, was also claiming town hall, Klobuchar's
By day's end, tens of thou- momentum, while outsider husband and daughter
sands of Democrats were candidates including en- appeared at a canvass
to have gathered at com- trepreneur Andrew Yang, launch in Des Moines.
munity centers, high school billionaire activist Tom Stey- In suburban Des Moines,
gyms and more than 1,600 er and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Buttigieg delivered about
other caucus locations in Gabbard could be factors. 100 volunteers a last shot Local residents wait to enter an Iowa Democratic caucus at
the premiere of more than "If anybody tells you they of encouragement before Hoover High School, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.
50 contests that will unfold know who's going to win, they stepped out into the Associated Press
over the next five months. either they've got a whisper chill to knock on doors for
The caucuses were render- from God or they're loony him around midday Mon- wife, Jill, delivered pizza size role in culling primary
ing the first verdict on what because nobody knows," day. Monday to a few dozen fields. A poor showing in
the party stands for in the said Deidre DeJear, who "We are exactly where volunteers working the Iowa could cause a front-
age of Trump — and who announced her support for we need to be to aston- phones at his south Des runner's fundraising to slow
it feels is best positioned Warren on Monday and ish the political world," he Moines field office. and support in later states
to take on the Republican was the first black woman said, igniting cheers for the "I feel good," he said as he to dwindle, while a strong
president, whom Demo- to win a statewide primary 38-year-old former midsize- walked in, sporting his sig- result can give a candidate
cratic voters are desperate in Iowa. city mayor, who was an nature aviator sunglasses. much needed momentum.
to beat this fall. Roughly two-thirds of Iowa asterisk a year ago and is Iowa offers just a tiny per- The past several Demo-
One unsurprising develop- caucusgoers said support- now among the top candi- centage of the delegates crats who won the Iowa
ment: Trump won the Re- ing a candidate who would dates. needed to win the nomi- caucuses went on to clinch
publican caucus, a largely fundamentally change Meanwhile, Biden and his nation but plays an out- the party's nomination. q
symbolic victory given that how the system in Washing-
he faced no significant op- ton works was important to
position. their vote, according to AP
For Democrats, the mo- VoteCast, a survey of vot-
ment was thick with prom- ers who said they planned
ise for a party that has to take part in Monday's
seized major gains in states Democratic caucuses.
since Trump won the White That compared to about a
House in 2016. But instead third of caucusgoers who
of clear optimism, a cloud said it was more important
of uncertainty and deep- to support a candidate
ening intraparty resent- who would restore the po-
ment hung over Monday's litical system to how it was
election as the prospect before Trump's election in
of an unclear result raised 2016.
fears of a long and divisive Iowa Democrats reported
primary fight in the months two major issues dominat-
ahead. ing their thoughts: health
"I'm the one who can pull care and climate change.
our party together," Mas- By midday Monday, a
sachusetts Sen. Elizabeth handful of satellite cau-
Warren told supporters on cuses had already taken
a telephone call before place_some thousands of
voting began, suggesting miles away from Iowa. In
her rivals could not. They Glasgow, Scotland, Sand-
said they were the ones to ers received the most sup-
bring unity. port from the 19 caucus-
Polls suggested that Ver- goers who attended, while
mont Sen. Bernie Sanders Warren came in second
might have a narrow lead, and Buttigieg came in
but any of the top four can- third. No other candidates
didates — Sanders, former were viable.
Vice President Joe Biden, In Iowa, some 200,000 vot-
Warren and former South ers were expected.