Jan 30 Watch 5:13 Battle for Iowa: Candidates close in on first voters of 2016 race By PBS News Hour This weekend marks the homestretch before the Iowa caucuses, where potential presidential candidates collectively spent more time campaigning than any other state. NewsHour's Judy Woodruff joins Alison Stewart from Des Moines, Iowa, to discuss. Continue watching
Jan 29 How Donald Trump made my students take politics more seriously By Anne La Pietra Anne La Pietra teaches government at Urbandale High School in Iowa and discusses what it's like to go "first," how Donald Trump has made her students more politically-engaged than ever before. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 7:09 Will ethanol fuel caucus voters in corn country Iowa? By PBS News Hour Ethanol took center stage in Iowa last week when Gov. Terry Branstad urged voters not to support Sen. Ted Cruz, who wants to repeal the mandate that ethanol be blended into most types of gasoline. Special correspondent David Biello of… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 3:35 What a Trump-free debate will mean for the GOP candidates By PBS News Hour There's a Republican debate in Iowa Thursday night, but the front-runner who has most frequently dominated the spotlight will not be there. Political director Lisa Desjardins talks with Judy Woodruff about Donald Trump’s debate dropout, what the GOP candidates will… Continue watching
Jan 27 For such a key race, Iowa’s voter turnout remains surprisingly low By Daniel Bush As the first voters of 2016, Iowans play an outsize role in shaping the presidential primary races. Even so, only one in five registered voters in Iowa shows up to caucus, leaving just a sliver of partisan activists to anoint… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 9:13 Can candidates translate Iowa enthusiasm into caucus support? By PBS News Hour A week out from the start of voting in the race for president, Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR sit down with Judy Woodruff to discuss the candidates’ rush in Iowa and other early… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 8:45 Rand Paul shares his secret to winning Iowa By PBS News Hour With a two-week countdown to the first voting in Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joins Gwen Ifill to discuss which special group of voters he’s working to win over, breaking through the Donald Trump media domination, plus… Continue watching
Jan 13 Republican Party makes preliminary plans for contested convention By Steve Peoples and Bill Barrow, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Republican National Committee has started preparing for a contested national convention, which would follow the primary season should no GOP candidate for president win enough delegates to secure the party's nomination. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 8:47 As Sanders closes in on Clinton in Iowa, tougher attacks By PBS News Hour Presidential candidates are sharpening their attacks in the weeks before the Iowa contests. Judy Woodruff talks to Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR about ramped up rhetoric on the campaign trail as Sen. Bernie… Continue watching
Jan 10 Ted Cruz, Donald Trump running neck-and-neck in Iowa polls By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Three weeks before Iowa kicks off the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are generating overwhelming enthusiasm among Republican voters in the state, along with concern among the party professionals who believe both are unelectable in November against… Continue reading