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He went on to be a successful businessman in the Detroit area after his retirement. Candidates with an asterisk (*) subsequently won the presidential election. At one time a current joke about him and his backcourt partner, Jimmy Walker, was that it was a shame they could only play the game with one ball at a time. Bolded candidates eventually won their party's nomination. As the point guard he functioned as the playmaker distributing the ball, but also did more shooting and scoring than most others who had this position. Bush was not seriously contested on the Republican side. His playing style was somewhat unusual for the time. George W.

After attending Syracuse University, Bing averaged 20.3 points and 6 assists per game in his 12 NBA seasons, played in seven NBA All-Star Games (winning the All-Star Game MVP Award in 1976), was named to the All-NBA First Team twice, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Richard Gephardt finished fourth at 11% but won no delegates. He went on to spend two years with the Washington Bullets and one with the Boston Celtics before retiring at the conclusion of the 1977-78 season. He ran ahead of John Edwards who won 32% and 18 delegates and Howard Dean who won 18% and 7 delegates. David Bing (born November 24, 1943 in Washington, DC) is a former All-Star basketball player in the NBA, primarily for the Detroit Pistons from 1966 to 1975. The 2004 Iowa caucuses concluded with John Kerry winning the Democratic contest with approximately 38% of the state delegates, winning 20 delegates to the national convention. The group of 45 delegates are pledged to a candidate; the group of 11 are unassigned.

There are also 11 other delegates, eight of whom are appointed from local Democratic National Committee members, two are PLEO delegates and one is elected at the state Democratic convention. Ten delegates are at-large delegates, and six are "party leader and elected official" (PLEO) delegates; these are assigned at the state convention. Of the 45 delegates chosen through the caucus system, 29 are chosen at the district level. Iowa sends 56 delegates to the DNC out of a total 4,366.

The number of delegates each candidate receives eventually determines how many state delegates from Iowa that candidate will have at the Democratic National Convention. Delegates may change their votes based on further developments in the race; for instance, in 2004 the delegates pledged to Dick Gephardt who left the race after the precinct caucuses chose a different candidate, perhaps based on instructions from Gephardt. The county convention occurred on March 13, the district convention on April 24, and the state convention on June 26. In 2004, the meetings ran from 6:30 PM until approximately 8:00 PM on January 19, 2004.

Delegates to each level of convention are not bound to vote for their chosen candidate and can switch allegiance. At the state convention, the other 16 delegates are chosen. At the district convention, the delegates assign 29 of the actual delegates to the National Convention from Iowa. The delegates chosen by the precinct then go to a later caucus, the county convention, to chose delegates to the district convention and state convention.

When the voting is closed, a final head count is conducted, and each precinct proportionally apportions county delegates for each candidate who later attend a county convention. From here, the caucus-goers have roughly another 30 minutes to support one of the remaining candidates or choose to abstain. This causes the caucuses, unlike primaries, to favor front-running candidates. Consequently, for a candidate to receive any delegates from a particular precinct, he or she must have the support of at least 15% of that precinct.

This viability level is currently set at 15% of the number of attendees at the caucus site. The supporters of any candidate who doesn't have enough supporters to be "viable" will then have to find a viable candidate to support or simply choose to abstain. After 30 minutes, the electioneering is temporarily halted and the number of votes for each candidate is counted. Participants indicate their support for a particular candidate by standing in a designated area of the caucus site.

For roughly 30 minutes, attendees try to convince their neighbors to support their candidates. Caucus-goers form into "preference groups," where their candidate preferences become public. The process used by the Democrats is somewhat more complicated. The non-binding results are tabulated and reported to the media and the state party where delegates are later chosen.

The Republican caucuses are a straw poll where each voter places his or her vote in a hat (by secret ballot). Observers are allowed to attend, as long as they do not become actively involved in the debate and voting process. Additionally, 17-year-olds can participate, as long as they will be 18 years of age by the date of the general election. Participants can change their registration at the caucus location.

Participants in each party's caucuses must be registered with that party. The Republicans and Democrats each hold their own set of caucuses subject to their own particular rules that change from time to time. The term "caucus" used in this sense is believed to be a Native American word meaning "a meeting of tribal leaders.". The Iowa caucus is less-binding than the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary because Iowan caucus-goers elect delegates to county conventions, who, in turn, elect delegates to district and state conventions where, ultimately, the national convention delegates are selected.

In addition to the voting, caucus attendees propose planks for their party's platform, select members of the county comittees, and discuss issues such as voter turnout. The caucuses are held every two years, but the ones that receive national attention are the presidential preference primaries held every four years. Typically, these meetings occur in schools, churches, or libraries. Rather than going to polls and casting ballots, Iowans gather at a set location in each of Iowa's approximately 2,000 precincts.

The caucus is generally defined as a "gathering of neighbors". presidential primary). The Iowa caucus operates very differently from the more common primary election used by most other states (see U.S. (For further information on the 2004 Iowa caucus, see 2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses.).

Other candidates, notably Joseph Lieberman and Wesley Clark, who did not campaign in Iowa, failed to secure more than 5% of the vote. In the days leading up to the caucus, predictions showed candidates John Kerry and Howard Dean neck-and-neck for first place, with Dick Gephardt and John Edwards right behind them. Often, the caucus is an important factor in determining who remains in the race and who drops out. The 2004 caucuses, similarly, proved to be important for Democratic presidential nomination hopefuls.

The two would go on to win their parties' nominations later in the year. Bush far ahead of their rivals. In 2000, for example, the Iowa caucus results placed Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Since then, presidential candidates have focused increasingly on achieving a win in Iowa.

In a major upset, he went on to win his party's nomination and eventually the presidency. While the Iowa caucus has been the first such caucus each year in the United States for a century, it only came to national attention in 1976, when obscure Georgia governor Jimmy Carter won the most votes at the Democratic caucus. . Since 1976, the Iowa caucus has been the first indication of which candidate for President of the United States would win the nomination of his or her political party at that party's national convention.

1976- Gerald Ford defeated Ronald Reagan. Anderson (4%) and Bob Dole (2%). Bush (32%) defeated Ronald Reagan* (30%), Howard Baker (15%), John Connally (9%), Phil Crane (7%), John B. W.

1980- George H. 1984- Ronald Reagan* (unopposed). Bush* (19%), Jack Kemp (11%) and Pete DuPont (7%). W.

1988- Bob Dole (37%) defeated Pat Robertson (25%), George H. Bush (unopposed). W. 1992- George H.

1996- Bob Dole (26%) defeated Pat Buchanan (23%), Lamar Alexander (18%), Steve Forbes (10%), Phil Gramm (9%), Alan Keyes (7%), Richard Lugar (4%) and Maurice Taylor (1%). Bush* (41%) defeated Steve Forbes (30%), Alan Keyes (14%), Gary Bauer (9%), John McCain (5%) and Orrin Hatch (1%). 2000- George W. Bush* (unopposed).

2004- George W. 1972 - Edmund Muskie (36%) defeated George McGovern (23%), Hubert Humphrey (2%), Eugene McCarthy (1%), Shirley Chisolm (1%) and Henry Jackson (1%). 1976 - Jimmy Carter* (28%) defeated Birch Bayh (13%), Fred Harris (10%), Morris Udall (6%), Sargent Shriver (3%) and Henry Jackson (1%); "Uncommitted" won 37% of the vote. 1980 - Jimmy Carter (59%) defeated Ted Kennedy (31%).