Entire country as we winnow the field. I cannot be more excited for todays panel of experts who will die further into this. Our program will include one hour discussing the history of the Iowa Caucuses with a short 30 minute break where you can enjoy refreshments and visited the first in the nation exhibit on the first floor. We will then come back for an hour long discussion about the horserace of the current field of candidates. Now, it is my pleasure to introduce todays moderator. This iowa native is one of the best in the business. Having spent 34 years as a political reporter for the Des Moines Register, please join me yepsen. Ming david david thank you, susan. Museum andhank the staff for hosting this conversation. For better or worse, the iowa precinct caucuses have played a role in the election of american president s. And also, they have all spent time helping hardworking reporters seeking to make sense of it all. Starting from your left, they ldford, drake hoffman, theonna di
We are doing the policy releases. People here want to get to know you, what you are about. As his Vice President , it is my great honor toadd his name to the primary ballot today because we need america to give us four more years. [cheers and applause] dr. Lara brown, that is a glimpse of the 2020 primary process. A process that attracted more than 20 democrats. Last time around, 17 gop candidates vying for the nomination. You have spent your academic career trying to understand and explain the electoral process. When you try to explain where we are today to people and how this process works, how do you explain it . Dr. Brown the thing you have to start with first is that competitiveness drives a lot of candidates. One of the things that is so interesting, when we really understand why there are so many candidates in the democratic primary field, why there are so many republicans in the 2016 field, it was because the presidency was seen as being up for grabs in both instances. In 2016
[cheering] thank you for coming. Fortunes above 50 million. You may get that big, pitch in two cents so everyone else has a chance to make it. [cheers and applause] dr. Lara brown, that is a glimpse of the 2020 primary process. A process that attracted more than 20 democrats. Last time around, 17 gop candidates vying for the nomination. You have spent your academic career trying to understand and explain the electoral process. When you try to explain where we are today to people and how this process works, how do you explain it . Dr. Brown the thing you have to start with first is that competitiveness drives a lot of candidates. One of the things that is so interesting, when we really understand why there are so many candidates in the democratic primary field, why there are so many republicans in the 2016 field, it was because the presidency was seen as being up for grabs in both instances. In 2016, it was an open seat. There was disbelief that the there was this belief that the republ
Developed in importance over the years, particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on are efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was done to respond to them in particular, that the , secretary of state is required by law to set the primary date of New Hampshires primary one week before any similar contest. Later on this week secretary of state gardner will be coming to talk about these issues. At one time we had a saying this is always first, always right. It is not always right. The candidate who will become the eventual nominee or president does not always have to win the New Hampshire primary. We will talk about that a when talk about that a little bit as well as we go on. When did primary start and what happened . First of all, theres nothing in the constitution about nominating candidates for president. The constitution is pretty quiet on how we choose who the nominees are going to be. Article ii, paragraph 25
February 14, at 4 p. M. Eastern. This coming tuesday is the first of the nature New Hampshire primary. Next Political Science professor andrew smith teaches a class on the history of the primary and its significance in the president ial election process. We recorded the class at the university of New Hampshire in 2011. His class is about an hour and 15 minutes. Professor smith welcome. Today people talk about the history of the New Hampshire primary. Before we get into the history, i want to talk for a bit about the history of the nomination process en toto. How do we nominate the candidates for president . The thing i want to talk about overall, first off, giving you a sense of the New Hampshire primary. It did not start with the first president ial primary. I will talk about how it developed in importance over the years, particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on is efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was do