The nation casts its first
vote
As the first state to vote in the
presidential primary season,
Iowans like the Cranstons are
used to being overwhelmed with
the full attention of the nation
every four years. This year,
with 11 Democrats remaining
in the race and 17 dropping
out, the political mayhem is
particularly
visible:
across
the state, visitors can observe
canvassers knocking on doors,
restaurants filled with out-
of-state political activists and
stretches of Interstate 80 lined
with campaign billboards.
For Iowans, the caucus is
a point of pride. Not only do
Iowans turn out for the caucus,
but many involve themselves
in the campaigns of their
preferred candidates.
One such organizer is Dan
Prescott, an Elizabeth Warren
2020 precinct captain for Scott
County, which also voted for
Clinton in 2016. Prescott, a
retired
social
worker,
was
born and raised in Ames, Iowa,
moved to Davenport in 1973 and
has been caucusing ever since.
“At the caucus we all have
different roles, and my role,
basically, is to greet people
as they come into our caucus,
and then I’ll have other people
assigned to do data, to do counts
and maybe do some persuasion,
going out to other people in the
caucus area and talking to them
about what Elizabeth Warren is
about,” Prescott said.
Prescott threw his support
behind the Sanders campaign
in 2016, but having always been
a loyal Warren supporter, he
jumped at the chance to get
involved after she announced
her candidacy.
“She’s
got
a
plan
for
everything,” Prescott said. “In
our organization office, there’s
about 30 different plans on
the wall with envelopes where
you can pull out the plan and
read it. I’ve been involved
with
Obama’s
organization,
and with Bernie Sanders, now
with Elizabeth Warren, and
I’ve never seen a campaign
organized as minutely as this
one. She plans everything.”
The gravity of the Iowa
caucus has brought in people
from across the country not
just to lend their support for a
candidate, but to observe and
document the process.
Jerry Trieus is a filmmaker
from
Toronto
who
was
previously located in Kentucky,
documenting the races there.
But the Iowa caucus particularly
captured his interest. This
interest was what brought him
to Elizabeth Warren’s rally
Saturday in Cedar Rapids.
“I think it’s fascinating,”
Trieus said. “It’s democracy
live. It’s amazing. But it also
feels kind of like a relic because
I’ve been reading about how it
is much harder for people at a
disadvantage to spend all day at
a caucus event. I think it’s both
wonderful and a challenge.”
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“I’m like, thank you! Is there
another campaign that’s doing
that? No!” Sullivan said.
The
event
began
with
speeches from a Coe College
sophomore
and
Iowa
state
representative
Liz
Bennett
before
U.S.
Representative
Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. got
the crowd ready for Warren.
Warren took the stage next,
answering questions from the
crowd and speaking about the
need to rebuild the government
so it works for all Americans.
“Fighting back is an act
of patriotism,” Warren said.
“Think of it this way: We fought
back against a king to build
this nation. We fought back
against the scourge of slavery
to preserve this nation. We
fought back against the Great
Depression to build the economy
of this nation. And we fought
back against fascism to protect
our democracy in this nation.
We are at our best when we see
a big problem and we fight back
with big, structural change.”
Though Warren had to rush
off to her next campaign event
following her speech, her dog
Bailey Warren made himself
available for selfies and petting
from supporters.
Brenda Macalister, a volunteer
at
Warren’s
Cedar
Rapids
rally, said there were a lot of
reasons she supported Warren.
But as a nurse and the mother
of a daughter who belongs to
the LGBTQ+ community, the
candidate’s healthcare reform
plan and support of LGBTQ+
rights topped the list.
“This is the first time I’ve
really volunteered,” Macalister
said. “This is the first time I’ve
really jumped in with both feet
for a candidate.”
Macalister will be giving a
speech in support of Warren
at her precinct Monday night.
She said this year’s caucus
feels more important than ever
before.
“We have to defeat Donald
Trump this year,” she said. “We
just have to.”
Biden appeals to moderate
voters at cozy gymnasium
rally
Just two miles from Warren’s
Cedar Rapids rally on Saturday
afternoon, supporters of former
Vice
President
Joe
Biden
crowded into the gymnasium
of Roosevelt Creative Corridor
Business
Academy
for
an
intimate community event.
David Ritter, a University
of Michigan alum and high
school teacher in Chicago, came
to Iowa to check out the scene
leading up to Monday’s caucus.
In addition to attending the Biden
rally, he planned to see Buttigieg
and Sanders speak as well. He
“probably” supports Biden, though.
“He’s got the best chance of
beating Trump,” Ritter said.
Still,
he
said
he
sees
a
generational divide when it comes
to who supports which candidate.
“A lot of my students like
Buttigieg, especially, and Bernie
Sanders,” Ritter told The Daily.
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