What a turnout!
The 2008 Iowa caucuses set new records for attendance across the state of Iowa, and the Republican caucuses in Dallas County were no exception! Read some of the media coverage of our events:
- "Among Republicans, Huckabee takes first victory"
"The local caucus chairman, Peter Jeffries, said he expected between 120 and 150 people to turn out based on past numbers. The actual crowd was about three times that...Many of the earliest to arrive at the Clive caucus were first-time caucus-goers"
New York Sun (January 4, 2008) - "Human Events attends a caucus"
"As the national media tried to analyze how Mike Huckabee managed to run away with the Iowa caucuses last night, there was another story that Republicans in general are hopeful about -- the record turnout at the first-in-the-nation excercise in nominating a Presidential candidate"
Human Events (January 4, 2008) - "Iowa's unearthly numbers"
"For weeks before the Iowa caucuses, media bigfoots would say, in the grave tones used to make the obvious sound profound, that it all depended on who showed up. Thursday evening, we found out.
"Everybody."
The Oregonian (January 6, 2008) - "Caucus turnout is unprecedented"
"The stories are streaming in about standing-room only crowds gathering in precincts around the state."
Radio Iowa (January 4, 2008) - "Iowa caucuses strengthen faith in democracy"
"I applaud the voters in Iowa. Their caucus system has shown me the true meaning of democracy in America."
Indianapolis Star (January 7, 2008)