Most Democrats who responded to a survey about the future of the Iowa Caucuses want the state to be first or early in the presidential nominating process.
About 750 people participated in the Iowa Democratic Party survey. Sixty-five percent of respondents want Iowa Democrats to hold their caucuses first in the nation or early, before Super Tuesday.
But respondents are split on what the state should do if the Democratic National Committee doesn’t give Iowa an early spot.
In recorded remarks on Monday, IDP Chairwoman Rita Hart said the main takeaways are that Iowans must have an early role in the Democratic presidential nominating process.
“However there is still a long way to go before an early window calendar is finalized. There’s still a lot of conversations with the DNC and with my fellow Democrats that need to be had,” Hart said.
The IDP is planning to apply to the DNC by January 16 for a place in the early nominating window.
*Additionally, the University of Iowa held an inaugural event over the weekend for the new Center for Intellectual Freedom. It featured prominent conservative voices like political commentator Chris Rufo, who delivered the event’s keynote speech.
Former Iowa Board of Regents member David Barker, who now serves in the U.S. Department of Education, said universities have created a monoculture of ideas, and there should be more intellectual diversity on college campuses.
“It is a subset of our universities that has gone off the rails, although that subset is making inroads in the rest of the university. Reform of that subset won’t be easy, but it can be done, particularly in states like Iowa, where the state government actually cares about making higher education great again," Barker said.
The event was attended by people from the conservative thinktank the Heritage Foundation, current and former members of the Trump administration, and Governor Kim Reynolds. University President Barbara Wilson was not at the event.
