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DES MOINES, Iowa – On Sunday, Jan. 19, I attended the We the People Forum in downtown Des Moines. This was the first forum that I have attended and looked forward to seeing multiple candidates responding to a narrower field of questions than I had previously seen. Six hopeful democratic candidates were attending the event: […]

All over social media, Drake University advertised a bus that would be arriving on campus – not just any bus – the C-SPAN bus. For my J-term class, we were instructed to go and take a picture with it. As the large bus sat in the Olmsted parking lot around 2:00 pm, several people began […]

On January 27, 2020, the Iowa Caucus Project held the 2020 Drake University Mock Caucus for students to learn more about the caucus process and how to participate. Here are the results at the end of the night: Republican Mock Caucus 1st place – President Donald Trump 2nd place – Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld […]

WINTERSET, Iowa – Hundreds of people crammed into the Marshall County Fairground for the chance to see the latest presidential candidate visit their small town. Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his Iowa campaign staff had organized a campaign event to connect with Iowa caucus-goers who lived in the rural areas outside of Des Moines. The rally […]

DES MOINES, Iowa — After a quick weekend home and visiting friends at Iowa State University, it was an early drive back from Ames to make it to the Black and Brown Forum on the morning of MLK Day. The forum has been going on for over 30 years at this point and is a […]

PANORA, Iowa – Democratic hopeful John Delaney hosted an event at the Owl’s Nest Bar and Grill on Jan. 21. This event was an hour west of Drake’s campus and when I arrived at the event with two other classmates, we signed in and were greeted by members of Delaney’s staff who asked if we […]

During my presidential nomination class this morning, Jordan Oster came to speak about his caucus and convention experience. Jordan is a Drake alumnus who graduated in 2009. Our professor invited him to come into our class because he went to the Democratic National Convention as a delegate for the then-Senator Barrack Obama. He gave us […]

PANORA, Iowa – On Jan. 21, I attended an event for former Maryland Representative John Delaney at The Owl’s Nest. A crowd of twenty people, many of them staffers for the Delaney campaign, listened to Delaney give his stump speech and answer questions from potential caucus-goers. Part of Sen. Delaney’s three-year-long strategy involves visiting all […]

DES MOINES, Iowa – On Jan. 20, Martin Luther King Day, Vice News held the Black and Brown Forum in downtown Des Moines. This event interviewed every major Democratic candidate running for the presidential nomination. This is an important and interesting event because the candidates are asked questions about racial issues that are rarely discussed […]

WAUKEE, Iowa- On a cold Sunday night I arrived at the Waukee Innovation & Learning Center to attend one of the last Amy Klobuchar events before the Iowa caucuses. Being a Minnesota voter, I have always been interested in seeing Klobuchar in person. As I walked into the rather large event center, I was curious […]