Growing up in Illinois I always heard about the Iowa Caucus and how it could make or break an election for a candidate. Now that I live in Iowa I have been exposed to the numerous television and radio ads for all the candidates as well as all the hype around caucusing.

I decided I wanted to go check it out. I looked up the location I was supposed to be at and headed out around 6pm so I didn't have to wait in the long line I was expecting. I arrived and had to wait in a short line. Because we moved, I had to wait in another line to re-register to vote. While waiting I was greated by numerous people asking me which candidate I was voting for. Based on my response I either got a sticker or a "oh I'm sorry to hear that.". This was kind of annoying but I am glad to see so many people excited about the election.

Once everyone was signed in and the doors were closed we were instructed on how things were going to work. After the briefing we were asked to move to our respected candidates corners of the room. Once we moved into our spots each group was counted. If the group didn't have 15% of the people they became a nonviable group and the members had to disband and join another group or become undecided. There was a lot of talk during this time where people from the viable groups would try to convince these undecided people to come join them. This regrouping took about 15-20 minutes and then there was another count of the groups to get the final numbers.

Where I was at Clinton had around 85 supporters, Edwards had 100 supporters, and Obama around 175 supporters. The turnout was insane. I heard people saying there were 3 times the people than the last caucus. It was fun to be a part of this.

Pictures are here.