Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Despite the fact that John Delaney is running ads every night, there is not much that there is to blog about for the 2020 Iowa caucuses yet. However, there are some big changes that were announced in December that will change the Caucuses forever. This probably did not get a lot of attention, but actually could have big implications. If you don't understand the Iowa Caucus (particularly the Democrat caucus), you don't understand how weird the process is. I lived in a state prior that had primaries and those are fairly straight forward. You go in some time from 7am to 9pm (or whenever) and cast a ballot. The caucus requires physical presence for the vote. It takes place on a Tuesday night at 7pm. The people who show up, vote. If you have to work, you are out of town, you are sick, the Iowa January weather does what Iowa January weather does, or anything prevents you from attending at your designated location at the specific time, your vote does not count. That w