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Iowa is shaking things up, and the ripples may reach all the way to the White House

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa, that land of corn and political dreams, is planning big changes to its caucus system, and right about now you may be asking: What is a caucus and why should I care?

The answer is simple. The sentiments expressed by roughly a quarter-million or so Iowa Democrats on the first Monday night in February 2020 could go a long way toward shaping the fight for the party's presidential nomination and, thus, who sits in the Oval Office come January 2021.

Other states, California being most notable, perennially complain about the inordinate influence Iowa

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