i've had 3 bromander. likes to be involved she expects to have attendance, but the her in-home caucus served. have a meat tray, and and desserts. that's what our plan is," caucusing at a neighbor's home is commonplace as and other public places are typically locations, but at adelene's home. the overall process remains the same. "some people might need to register and they can do that as a republican, and some people if they are a democrat can change and register too. and then we things that have to be done. then we take a ballot, a bromander. good crowd and have a good time...yes, that's the bromander. bria: there are a total caucuses occuring in the state of iowa tonight. the gop has 2, including adelene bromander's home, while the democratic party has three private locations. i'm going to toss back you in studio, reporting live at east high in sioux city, bria bell abc 9 news. jenna thanks bria, we are joined now by one of our political panalists this evening to break down the action of the night. with

to cast their ballots.the bromanders have been holding the caucas at their home since is good for the community and helps encourage educated voting. 3 "and then when they do come they just feel a little more comfortable and they are more likely to speak their mind than they are in a bigger setting. "he contines to say that it helps to bring out the vote which is esspecially important to their community. 3 turnout is the key for winning the caucuses.democrats saw a record turnout of 240-thousand people in 2008... when barack obama surprised the field... with hillary clinton finishing third.so far tonight we won't have a report from the democrats on their turnout.republicans had a record turnout of 121-thousand in 2012... when rick santorum was the winner. tonight the g- o-p says it's counted a record 170-thousand people voting so far with 90 percent of the vote reported. 3 winning the iowa caucuses in a poor predictor of who's going to win the white house. in fact... only two have done 3 in 2000 george w. bush finished first with 41 percent of the republican vote... and went on to win

the bromanders have been holding the caucus at their home since the '70s... they think it's good for the community and helps encourage educated voting. they just feel a little more comfortable and they are more likely to speak their mind than they are in a bigger setting. "charles feels like caucusing at home like this helps bring out the vote... and that's especially important in such a small community. 3 and turnout really *is* key for winning the caucuses.democrats saw a record turnout of 240 - thousand people in 2008... when barack obama got the upset and came in first... with hillary clinton finishing third. a little more than 171 - thousand democrates caucused last night.republicans had a record turnout of 121 - thousand in 20 - 12 when rick santorum was the winner. the g - o - p says it's counted a record 171 - thousand people voting last night. 3 but get this... winning the iowa caucuses isn't a good predictor of who's going to win the white house. in fact... only *two* have done it.in the year 2000 george w. bush finished first with 41 percent of the

southeastern woodbury county town of smithland for their caucus.30 people gathered in the home of charles bromander to cast their ballots.they discussed each candidate and their political careers in detail before voting. we'll hear from caucus goers at *this* event coming up tonight on siouxland news at ten on 3 in other news of the day... two men from *wisconsin* are in jail at storm lake... being held on suspicion of murdering a 5- year- old in a drive- by shooting late last month.22- year- old eric salazar- mota and 23- year- old sergio ortiz- raygoza... both of beloit, wisconsin... are accused of shooting that boy while targeting his father on january 22nd in beloit. storm lake police were advised the two may be in their area yesterday afternoon... and began a search. the suspects' vehicle was found near the lake... and police set up a watch on it. just after 11... the vehicle left its parked location and was followed by officers... who pulled it over a few blocks later and arrested the pair without incident.they're being held in the buena vista county jail without bail... pending extradition t

yes, that's the main thing," says bromander. there are only 5 total in-house caucuses curing tonight in the state of iowa and 2 of those belong to the gop party, inlcuding adelene's. bria: voting officials are encouraging those that aren't registered to get to your designated caucus sight early to ensure that you have completed the proper paperwork in enough time to caucus. reporting live at east high in sioux city, bria bell abc 9 news. jenna and throughout the night i i ll be spendingngime breaking down the action with some local analysts. joining me now is kyle irvin, an atrney at corbett, anderson, corbett, vellinga (vuh-lin-guh) and adjunct professor in political science for briar cliff university. thanks for joining us. jenna let's take a look back to 2008, the last time the democratic party had an active caucus in iowa. barack obama, who had been viewed as an underdog, won easily by eight percent. he was followed by john edwards and hillary clinton, who was of course the expected nominee early in the race. jenna how cacli