Iowa caucuses kick off a fluid Democratic presidential contest

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last updated 3 February 2020

Iowa Democrats are caucusing Monday night, starting off a Democratic presidential primary race that is unusually crowded and fluid. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lead in the polls nationally and in many Iowa surveys, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg aren't far behind in Iowa, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Andrew Yang are in the running, too. A large percentage of Iowa Democrats are still undecided, and the winner of the Iowa caucuses might be decided by second-choice picks. The top quality Democrats say they want in a candidate is the ability to beat President Trump, but nobody is sure what that looks like in 2020.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.