From first to worst: Iowa caucuses are the tail that wags the dog

Sources:  World Population Review, Iowa Secretary of State, The New York Times

Population of U.S. cities in the 206,000-210,000 range

Related reading:
Does Iowa Deserve Its Outsized Influence? (The New York Times, 6/19/2019)

Re “Take the Iowa Caucuses. Please” (Editorial Observer, June 12): I agree with Michelle Cottle’s thesis that the Iowa caucuses are grossly unrepresentative of the Democratic electorate and should be replaced by a primary. She also questions Iowa’s “No. 1 spot.”

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