New Hampshire and Iowa set the stage for passionate voter participation during the nation’s first presidential primary and first presidential precinct caucuses. Chalk it up to hotly contested nomination campaigns in both the Republican and Democratic parties.
Hillary Clinton came to Iowa in 2016 to exorcise what plagued her surprise 2008 failure to win the Democratic presidential precinct caucuses but end up with a fight on her hands. Bernie Sanders is making a strong push to be the Democratic presidential nominee.
Iowans boast that candidates have to come to Iowa, home of the first in the nation caucus, if they hope to sit in the Oval Office. But what role does Iowa play in the race to raise campaign funds?
Donors big and small alike are pulling out their wallets in Iowa to support their candidates for the 2016 presidential election, but their contributions amount to little more than a drop in the bucket. There is, however, a currency in the heartland far more valuable than federally minted greenbacks
