Voices from Iowa

"I’m more new to the process. I caucused once before. I caucused in ’08 for Obama. For the most part, I have been a little more passive in politics, but I just can’t sit back anymore after what’s going on."

"The fun thing about the Iowa caucus is that an embedded policy in the caucus is for people to convince each other who the best person is, the best candidate is, so I think that I will rely on good old-fashioned human interaction at the caucus to determine who to caucus for."

"We have a love-hate relationship with the caucus to some degree. We get tired of the phone calls, we get tired of the mailings. But it’s a real opportunity, and we are lucky to be first in the nation, and I think most of us take it seriously and give everyone a chance."

"Every day we get texts from candidates, we get bombarded with phone calls. Crazy, crazy. I'm sure today will be another crazy day. "

"I tend toward the older candidates, although the younger ones are impressive. For my age, I know I had a lot to learn at the age of 38."

"I think people are kind of like me, trying to decide whether they want to vote for a candidate because they agree with their values or because they want to find somebody that will take Trump away. We don’t have another four years. Do you go with your gut of who you think you can win or do you go with somebody who really aligns with what you want for a president?"

"No one understands how important the caucuses are. We are trying to get Donald Trump out of office. Everyone's afraid World War III is going to happen and it's unfair to us [young people]. When you turn 18, you have the right to get drafted into the military if that ever happens. And we don't want to go."

"All of our candidates are good. Honestly, I’m going to vote for whoever ends up being the nominee. Any of them. I’m going to vote blue no matter who."

"In round one, I try to find someone who has a really solid voting record but is getting the least amount of press in Iowa. So for me that person is Tulsi Gabbard ... She is a member of Congress who has been around for a while and is also a woman of color. So I'd like to see her get [a ticket] out of Iowa."

"If there’s even going to be a once-in-a generation candidate like Bernie, it’s going to start in Iowa. History’s going to be made one way or the other next Monday. You don’t know when you’re living in a historical moment. I heard about the polls, I heard Bernie was going good and I said we’ve got to bring it home."