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[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> ted cruz won the iowa caucuses. the daily daily caller writes that he barely edged out businessman donald trump and marco rubio for the first victory of the party nominated season. voters turned turned out in large numbers that one gop area. so many people showed up that officials ran out of ballots and had to give caucus goers spirit pieces of paper to

use. we will hear from the democrats in a few minutes. >> we are taking your comments on facebook and twitter about what you have been seeing a on the iowa caucuses. go trump's, go sanders, let shakeup both parties alike congress, washington and the media know that the people at finally spoken. iowa is not representative how diverse the u.s.'s, white, white, white. new hampshire, white, white, white,. is this a control issue? you can give control issue? you can give us your thoughts on facebook.com/cspan. after all the caucuses have turned in their results, their candidates and campaigns head to new hampshire ahead of the first in the nation primary on february 9. tomorrow we are cover three republican presidential candidates including senator ted cruz, he holds a town hall that is live at 1230 eastern on

c-span two. marco rubio speaks at a rally at 6:00 p.m. that is live on c-span three. donald trump holds a rally in milford, new hampshire that is live tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> we will be getting your reaction to the iowa caucuses on the next "washington journal". the political etiquette or at the boston globe will discuss strategy after the caucuses heading into the new hampshire primary. reid wilson, she political correspondence with the morning consult on how the results and iowa could affect what happens in new hampshire and beyond. "washington journal" is live on c-span starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> if you're interested in the process, it all has to begin and

iowa and new hampshire. we do not set the rules in terms of which status first or second. we certainly have to cover the candidates where they are. there are a lot of people interested in this election, every four years the american people make a decision to say who should be the leader of the free world. who should bear president. for those who want to follow the process and do it in a way that is completely unfiltered, we are the only place that does that. the other thing to keep in mind is as you look at the campaign and look at the candidates, you are able to see how they are able to try to close the deal and during the final days of any campaign there is a lot of attention on every new story, every speech, every add, how one candidate tries to rebut the other. how people are trying to respond, and this day and age of social media and twitter, it's

constant. we are the one place that can allow you to take a step back and watch it. you can get the analysis on other networks, you can hear viewer calls and weigh in a programming. we are the one place that allows you to see it as it happens and make up your decision. >> now a chance to see how iowa democrats caucus. three precincts held their caucus at roosevelt high school in des moines. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> they want to have this foldout. that's what that is for. find the person with a birthdate that is closest to that. everyone will be welcome to fill out the survey online but there is only one here. >> it's interesting.

yes it is. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> we are doing a great job. everyone is sticking with us. if anyone needs anyone needs to use the bathroom, now is the time. once this gets started, i cannot have you lee.

we are electing the next president of the united states. we need all [applause]. we need every single one of you to participate tonight. we need your vote to count. we need you to stay in your seat. i'm sorry, i know it is hot. this is really important work. we have some math worksheets. does anybody want to do it? it's really easy. i will get the sheet. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]

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you did not fill out the registration form, we cannot count you. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]

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people need. i just know that from my personal experience, like my debt and but the cost of healthcare, i will benefit from him. [inaudible] we are counting out all the people who have registered here today. then we will have a total number to proceed. that is where we are. it will not be much longer. do me a favor, if you are with the preference group at this point, clinton over here, sanders over here, i will try

one more time in case people didn't hear me. o'malley over here. i committed can be right here. with this many people, i imagine imagine there is a fair number of you. >> there is not that many. >> i am trying to get a start on the divide in case we do divide. you don't have to move, it will just be easier if you do. it really doesn't matter until we get going. [inaudible]

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[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> listen up so we can get started and complete the process for the see me. thank you for your patience. i know it took some time. this. this is an outstanding showing for our precinct. [applause]. we have a total of 459 people

here to exercise their right in this precinct. this is to be congratulated. thank you. [applause]. what i did about 45 minutes ago it was supposed to be 50 meters be poor start, there is a survey that each of you can take online we only needed one participant that was closest to the birthdate and did that. if you go online you can take the survey yourself. >> we had to people in the wrong precinct and they were in the building before seven. i don't know which that there on. >> unfortunately they had to be in line at this precinct in order to be counted.

>> sorry. >> we can keep the doors open as long as you like. clapmac. we have done a good good job making sure that everybody's boy scouts. if you go on line you can participate in the survey if you like. if you want to know more about it ask me afterward. i will keep you all for that. we are going to call this caucus to order. we have the agenda listed right here on the wall. we have gone through the registration portion of the evening, that was a long one. i am calling the caucus to order as we speak. we will need to elect a permanent caucus chair and secretary. we will then have various

presentations, will go through the liability and then divide if we must, then we'll figure out who gets how many delegates based on the total in each preference group. following that will go through additional pieces and we will report the results of our caucus, then will go forward with choosing who is going to be delegates to the county convention for each preference group. then we will make sure we have people to be on each of the committees based on who is going to be on the county convention. just because you don't get picked to be a delegate for the convention does not mean that you cannot participate. you can sign up to be an alternate, alternates are very often needed. alternates alternates can also participate on the committee.

>> we will go through and have our election, will talk about resolution and then will we will get to new business, and then last we will adjourn. [inaudible] >> he wants me to tell you about the process that is going to take on from the county. if you want to go to the national convention, you have to be a delegate to the county convention, to the district convention, to the state convention, and then get elected to go onto the national. the only way to do that is only way to do that is if you are participating at each level. it is a fantastic opportunity to

see her democratic process in action and go to philadelphia at the end of it to see who gets the eventual nomination. >> bear with me. i have to reach of this letter. i wish i could sum up. >> dear i would democrats, good evening welcome to the 2016 iowa democratic party precinct caucuses. congratulations. is upper to the pit one of our state's most storied tradition you are now a part a part of both iowa and u.s. history. welcome, as well to all of the observers in the room, whether you are a family member, young student, young student, or a member of the media. we hope you enjoy this opportunity to witness democracy in action. we take our first in the nation role very seriously. i once prepare for this night

all year by attending events and asking candidates tough questions, by volunteering on campaigns, by knocking doors, making calls, making calls, and talking with neighbors and community gatherings. we work very hard to make sure the issues on the minds of all americans are discussed here in iowa. your involvement here tonight demonstrates our continued shared commitment to the important role iowa place in the nomination process for the president of the united states. tonight, we'll have a discussion about the issues affecting the future of our country. we will declare our preferences to the individual we believe to be best equipped to handle those issues. we also take the first steps in organizing our party for the general election in november. because the i would precinct caucuses are the first step in the nomination process for our country's highest office, the the eyes of the nation are honest tonight. note, c-span. after presidential references

declared and results are reported we turn inward and begin the process of organizing our party for the general election. the future of our state and the progressive policies and elective i would democrats have fought for the last several years depend on the strong, organize structured at the iowa democratic party. the organization begins here tonight. our precinct caucuses are the largest gathering of democratic activists in iowa, it is an absolute imperative that we take care of necessary housekeeping details tonight, like updating updating our database of activist information. that means gathers addresses, emails, phone numbers, and information about your community. please fill out the iowa democratic party survey. tell us how we can contact you and how you can help us turn our democratic voters in november. we want to have a big turnout in november, right? [applause].

tell us who you think should be running for the school board and the city council, the courthouse, the the state house, and the federal congress. this information is critical for to our success in november. if we do not gather this information tonight then we have missed a critical organizing opportunity to build on the moment and that i know we all feel. all year long as i travel across the state i been amazed amazed at the enthusiasm of i would democrats, so tonight i'm confident no matter which issues drive our discussion, or which candidate inspires us to action, we are all united by a common desire to continue to move iowa and our nation forward and ensure every family has the opportunity to succeed. thank you again for participating in the iowa democratic party's first in the nation precinct caucuses. have a fantastic night. let's turn iowa blew up and down the ballot this november. [applause].

that's for the chair the i would democratic party, doctor andy mcguire so now it is my duty to ask each of you to dig as deeply as you can to help us support funding these caucuses, the conventions, and, and the party apparatus of that we can continue to bring democrats up and on the ballot to november. this is the green envelope, can i ask for someone to volunteer to carry the green envelope around for me and return it to me for contributions. free will contributions. thank you. this is a big cost for us to run these caucuses so i appreciate any help you can provide.

>> i need one more volunteer. this is for the polk county democrats also important because the polk county democrats pay a lot of money for each of these caucuses to happen in both counties. they put on this caucus presentation. please help us as well. thank you. now there are additional letters and petitions that you can read that are on the table and back. if anyone is interested, i am not going to read all of those to you tonight. [applause].

now, we are at the stage of election for permanent officers on tonight's meeting. we need a precinct chair, you can choose to nominate others or we can stick with me since i prepared for this, apparently. are there any other nominations from the floor. anyone else who would like to run the caucus site? [applause]. hearing no other nominations, all in favor say i. i. all opposing a.

>> thank you. that will help us move along. now we need to elect a secretary. my wife has been very helpful he is also available and is willing to assist. >> anyone else? you willing to accept the nomination? yes i will accept. >> tim would you like to be a second secretary? so we have donna's first secretary and kim as sec second secretary. all in favor say i. >> i. >> all opposing a. >> excellent, moving right

along. we are just a bout to the exciting stage of electing delegates and alternates. before we start that i'm going to give each of the campaigns an opportunity to address you, they will each get three minutes so we can move this along. that is an opportunity for those of you who may not have heard yet what there is to hear. i will do it in alphabetical order by last name. i will start with elizabeth buck who is going to speak for hillary clinton. >> [applause]. >> hello cindy and i are cochairs for the hillary campaign. my name is liz, i live on polk boulevard. i got committed committed to hillary about one year ago when she first ran.

i do not think i've ever known a candidate that is more qualified a more experienced and can take the job from the day she is elected. the other reason i got drawn to her is we have too many people in this state and in this country who are working hard and are not succeeding, not financially self-sufficient. i believe in what she set about that night believe in what her platform is on those issues. i also was attracted to her this summer when she started talking about alzheimer's research. an offense that she thought would be important to put into that research. my family has been greatly touched by alzheimer's, so i'm really interested in the work she is living. >> have been supporting hillary because he has the most experience, the most qualified and both sides of the aisle. she takes it very seriously. she supports women and children her entire life. as a mother of three daughters, it is high time we elect a female president. [applause].

>> we have rick miller who is speaking as a surrogate for martin o'malley [applause]. >> as a democrat i feel blessed that we have three fantastic candidates. i am not going to beat around the bush. it has been a very hard choice for me. i made it not very early. i really looked at all three candidates and realized that one candidate is great in foreign affairs, another one has energy to spare, and then we have o'malley who has all the experience as far as being an executive in the governor's position in maryland and as mayor of baltimore. he has been fantastic at working across the aisle which is what i think it's most important in the leader that we need today. we need someone that is less polarizing and someone who can

bring us all together and make decisions and help us move forward. he has done it. it is not that he proposes that, he has done it. he has done the dream act, he passed marriage equality through referendum in maryland, he has done all kinds of things to improve education making marilyn's five years in a row, the best in education in the nation. he he is an excellent candidate that works across the aisle and i will end with one little story. he needed to do something about the gun violence following the stony brook incident. he went to people in the hunting community and marilyn's and he worked out a program with them in which they were able to close loopholes and a lot of other things to make gun safety an issue in maryland. the nra came in and made at math

may mailing to all marylanders and told them that they should put down the legislation and not passive. what did o'malley do? he sent a letter to everybody to and told him how he worked with all of the different hunting constituencies and how they have come together to make this happen. and it passed. i hope that some of you will come and join us in the o'malley corner, we need 44 more people to be viable and some of you can make a difference. thank you [applause]. >> last but not least, we have carol from the bernie sanders campaign. >> [applause]. >> do we carry on as we are? or do we fight for fairness?

bernie asked to fight for an economic agenda that creates jobs, raises wages, protect, protects the environment and provides healthcare for all. this is the most important question of our time and how we answer this will determine the future of our country. friends and neighbors, i thank you for coming tonight and supporting bernie sanders. i do think he is the lead of our time, think is really person who cares about us, about the working class, about the average everyday guy. thank you you for supporting bernie sanders. thank you everyone. [applause]. >> my name is jessica i live in des moines, i am am here to support bernie sanders. when i boil it down hillary clinton is fighting to preserve what we have an bernie sanders fighting for future. i graduate from iowa state

university, i have 30,000 dollars in debt and the only presidential candidate who is a clear solution on how her next generation of people are not going to start their adult life out in the hole is bernie sanders. bernie sanders is the guy who is going to make sure we can go to the hospital and not have to worry if we can pay the bill. bernie sanders is the guy that is fighting for us and it's not just about him, he is clear that it is about all of us in this room. it's about grassroots organizations like iowa action fund has been in this community for over 40 years fighting for justice. if people say he's not electable and can accomplish what he wants, we need to remember that we are part of the grassroots movement. we have organizations here in des moines that have been fighting for this and will fight for this, and we will win if we elect bernie sanders [applause].

[applause]. >> okay. so we are at that exciting point in the evening where we are going to determine how we will elect our delegates. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> it is up to the group if you want to have more speakers. >> know! >> okay, just checking. there are two ways we can proceed. the the usual ways everyone divides up into your preference group and we take some time to count everybody off and each preference group to see who is viable and not buyable

and then we have a never their shift for anyone who is not viable to move around to see if we can get more viability or not. that is the general way. there's also another way which can speed up the process but you don't get to do all of the extra caucusing activities that are normally associated. the extra activity take more time, it's up to you. it's the will of the body. the other way you can do it is simply have an election based upon who is here. in order to have the election based upon who is here and just elect delegates straight up, one round of voting, we would have to have 85% of you agree to go that route. do i have a motion to attempt that? >> how does that voting happened? >> is there a second? >> we have have a motion in a second. so not have before us the opportunity to vote on whether or not to proceed with the

straight vote or preference groups. i think the easy way to start this is a hold up your hands if you do not want to have us write votes. you do want want to go to preference group. hold up your hand. >> raise your hand and vote for your candidate when it's time we come them out. >> we can do that if you are but that is going to take a lot of time. we will raise hands and count up. i'm telling you, listen. if you want to do it this way you simply will raise your hand and vote for your candidate, we'll say who is for hillary and they will raise their hand. we we will say who is for bernie and they will raise their hand. who is for o'malley and they will raise their hand. who is uncommitted? and then it is done.

what we are voting on right now is not that. right we are voting on is whether or not to go that route. so i need to know if there's more than 15% of us who want to split into preference groups. if if you want to split into preference groups and not have the one-vote procedure i talked about raise your hand. simple and quickest is to do the straight vote. if you want to do preference groups, raise your hand. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i'm calling it. it looks to the chair like we will split into preference groups.

[applause]. we will split into preference groups. at this point, with all hillary supporters come to the side of the room. elizabeth will you be in charge of counting your supporters. will all of the bernie sanders supporters come to the side of the room? cara will you be in charge of counting your supporters? rick, will you get your o'malley folks in that corner and count them off and give me your totals. if there is an uncommitted group ? the uncommitted group can go to the back corner if you are uncommitted.

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[inaudible] >> we have to confirm the current numbers with each campaign. [inaudible conversations] >> alysa and elizabeth. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we will have to get another

realignment. please initial this to show that we are in agreement at this point. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> next, we were able to complete that relatively quickly. we will be able to complete the next one even more quickly. at this point we are committed. they are both unviable. that means that you either need to attract people to your group or realigned to another group that is viable. so if i give you five minutes.

will that be enough for everyone to make their move? five minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> to the numbers, 215% or is ended to 10 for clinton.. >> in order to be viable, in order to be viable your group has to have at least 69 members. okay, five minutes.

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>> they came back. >> they came back. >> okay. [inaudible conversations] >> it kind of looks like that. >> okay, 232. [inaudible conversations]

[cheers] [cheers] [inaudible conversations] >> if you want to raise this. [inaudible] >> if you want to challenge the result and do another count, then you have to do that. [inaudible conversations] >> right on the money. if three people walked out, we are still right on the money.

[inaudible] >> they are trying to count every individual body. >> if you want to challenge it, you have to wait until they announce the vote. [inaudible conversations] >> here is where we now stand. uncommitted zero, martin o'malley zero,. [inaudible] 232, sanders, 234. 456. we lost three people. i understand that there could be consternation about the account. if anyone wishes to challenge it.

hold on, hold on. [inaudible conversations] >> we will have a majority vote and we will see how that plays out. so if you vote yes, you want a recount. if you vote no, you do not want a recount. >> there are only nine delegates. i do not believe that it will change the delegate now. that being said, i could be wrong. all in favor of a full recount, please raise your hand.

>> the nays have it. the nays habit. [cheers] [applause] >> there with me a second. i have to do the math and report this. unfortunately the reporting application is not working appropriately so i have to do it by hand. [inaudible conversations]

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when you do the formula, you take the total number for each preference group times nine, which are the number of delegates elected divided by the original count. which is 459 participants. that gives sanders 3.49, with the 2324 hillary clinton, you get 4.55. the rule then says for anything above .5, you round up, for below you round down. hence for delegates for sanders and five for clinton. [cheers] [applause] >> do i hear any objections? okay, i need carol and elizabeth.

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>> that makes a lot faster, doesn't it. >> these bring them all forward. >> we have to vote on that. >> we have a motion to accept this. we have all of them appear?

>> do we have all of those that want to be submitted? all right, do you want to accept all platform without reading each one and debating each one? all in favor? all those opposed. [cheers] it appears that we have it.

>> okay. >> we have five delegates for the hillary clinton pain. remember, if you want to go when you are having problems, volunteer to be an alternate.

[inaudible conversations] .. tell me -- >> jane. thank you, jane. thank you for volunteering. >> you want to put your information down here? [inaudible conversations]

>> on the corner of fourth and mlk. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. tracy. casey, sorry. >> all right. >> just so everybody knows the upcoming days. the convention is saturday, march 12th. registration starts 7:00 a.m. >> casey, nice to meet you. >> thanks. >> nice to meet you. >> here you go, dear. >> thank you. >> once you have your delegates selected, if you want to come up and fill them in on the delegate

selection sheet that would be great. sanders campaign. [inaudible conversations] conversation [inaudible conversations] >> i have a sheet nor you to sign your delegates on up here. so bring up your delegates and they can fill it in. delegates and alternates, we are allowed to have people become part of the platform committee and committee on committees, okay? so if you're signing your information on to the form as a delegate or at at the nat, you can -- alternate you can also

select which one of the committees you want to be on. the platform committee will accept all of the various planks and resolutions that were submitted and debate them. for submission as part of the iowa democratic party platform eventually, but this step is the polk county democrats. the committee on committees has the rules committee, which sets the ruled for the convention, and they also have the arrangements committee, which will do the logistics for the convention. so, when you come up and sign in, fill out the bubble on which one of those you would like to be part of.

[inaudible conversations] >> i don't know if we did it right. >> we did. >> all right. we still have a little bit more business -- i'm sorry? >> alternates -- >> they sign on this as alternates, don't they? >> i don't know. >> alternates. >> then mine needs to go on the other side. >> is this your -- >> so we still have some remaining business that we will need to accomplish before we can adjourn. first of all, we will need to ratify our slate so it can't be challenged, and we also need to elect someone to the polk county central committee.

>> i nominate drew. want to be that? >> i have been on it for years. >> second it. >> thank you. >> two people? >> it is two. >> wholes -- anybody want to -- >> a great opportunity be on the ground floor. >> right here. she wants to -- >> super. you guys okay with him being on the committee? >> yes. >> that's great. [inaudible conversations] >> on bell avenue, the former steamfitters. i've been part of it's long time. a good way to get involved in the democratic party. so, hold on. as soon as we have everybody's names down and all of them listed appropriately for

alternates vs. delegates and whether you want to be part of a committee, then we have to ratify the slate. any other nominations to the polk county committee? we have the two -- nobody else? all right. all in favor of the slate of drew and casey ericson, say a's. >> a's. >> all opposes say nay. congratulations. >> you'll represent us well. >> yes. >> are you a delegate?

>> that was my copy. >> do any for the sheriff. >> c-span would help us to put the chairs back appropriately. i'm not sure how that gets done. >> i have no idea what it looked like. anybody take a picture what it looks like? >> round. >> ruble? >> cindy, eventually the browns come out here. >> do you want to be on either the platform committee or committee on committees. >> yes. >> the names of the individuals that spoke on behalf of the campaign. >> elizabeth buck on behalf of clinton, and i don't have the

second name -- >> cindy peterson. >> sanders, it was carol beatty, baty. >> who what for martin o'malley? >> that was rick miller. >> thank you. >> what's your last him in? >> gents eh. [inaudible conversations] >> help direct them how to reset this, please. [inaudible conversations]

>> we just have one more vote. >> we another vote? [inaudible conversations] >> i filled mine out on the wrong side. >> the final count was 232. >> to 224. eight, eight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you did a really good job. >> this was the largest i've done. >> how many have you done?

>> i don't know. >> enough to know what you're doing. >> probably done at least seven or eight. i don't know. [inaudible conversations] >> i would like too thank all of you for being here and helping, all of you that helped tonight, thank you very much. it's been a huge help getting everybody registered, all the counts done, organizing your folks. >> you want to sweep this before wepet put the tables out? >> i have no idea.

>> she would know how this was set up. [inaudible conversations] >> we need to get you in. >> i know. >> shouldn't be like this. >> but that okay we see each other this way. >> fantastic. >> we have been talking about wants to have you guys over for ages. but we don't -- we -- [inaudible conversations]

>> once we get the delegates. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> if you want to take a picture -- >> have to take a picture of it? >> i think so.

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we only have one more vote. if i can get you to vote. just a second. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> it was fun. see you at the national convention. >> good job. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> all right. so here's the final vote of the

evening. if all of the remaining attendees could listen up and confirm this slate. we need to ratify this slate. as you know, we have myself, drew, and casey ericson and the members of the polk county central committee from this precinct. we also have cindy peterson, elizabeth trimmings, john lacy, aaron dingus, and debra fish, as delegates for the clinton campaign. we have jason, jana ruud, william browning and jessica messure as candidates for the sanders campaign. debra fish is on the platform committee, casey ericson is on the platform