Iowa Caucuses Winner Usually Won’t Become the Nominee: A Prelude, Not a Guarantee

Xiaodong Fang
4 min readDec 19, 2023

The Iowa caucuses have long been regarded as the inaugural battleground in the race for the U.S. presidential nomination. However, contrary to what some may believe, emerging victorious in Iowa does not ensure an unobstructed path to becoming the final nominee.

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Xiaodong Fang

Political Scientist studied and worked at #Georgetown #IowaState #JamesMadison | Observing #Elections and #China