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What’s the relationship between the Iowa DNC and the “main” DNC?
by 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y ago
What’s the relationship between the Iowa DNC and the “main” DNC?
- tptacek 7y agoThere's no such thing as an "Iowa DNC". You presumably mean the IDP, the Iowa Democratic Party. They're separate organizations. The DNC and the state parties are often at odds with each other. There's a good series of "Reply All" episodes about this, focusing on the Alabama Democratic Party.
- jessaustin 7y agoSince I heard those episodes I've been hoping that the Alabama situation isn't typical. Do you have any special insight about Iowa? Is there an Iowa kingmaker running everything from behind the scenes?
- claudeganon 7y agoGiven that the failed caucus app CEO is married to a Buttigeig staffer and was partying with the Iowa Democratic Party head and other members of the Buttigeig campaign right before the caucuses, I would say so: https://mobile.twitter.com/taraemcg/status/1223990978127724546 https://mobile.twitter.com/taraemcg/status/12239909781277245...
- azernik 7y agoMost notably, the IDP has a strong interest in maintaining their first-to-vote status, which the DNC hates. Hence the eternal drift of primaries earlier and earlier - the DNC will try to move non-Iowa/NH primaries earlier, and those two will in response go even earlier to preempt them. (To the point where New Hampshire even passed a law saying that they have to be the first primary by at least 7 days.)
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- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y agoLooks like the DNC has taken over accounting of the Iowa caucus, so I guess they’re really not so independent. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/02/05/more-manipulation-national-dnc-club-takes-over-iowa-caucus-accounting-from-iowa-democrat-party/ https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/02/05/more-manipul...