It’s time for the Iowa State Fair. BuzzFeed UK’s Jim Waterson attempts to understand U.S. politics.
It's the Iowa State Fair, where a million people descend on Des Moines showgrounds and are joined by anyone and everyone who wants to be the next U.S. president.
All the candidates spend lengthy amounts of time criss-crossing this midwest agricultural state – and they're all expected to pay a visit the rip-roaring orgy of drink, food, and heavy agriculture that is the Iowa State Fair.
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If you don't go to this particular state fair, you're going to struggle to get elected.
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The mechanics are simple: Iowa has somehow managed to ensure it always hosts the first caucuses in the country, where voters whittle down potential nominees for president. This means a state with about 1% of the country's population will play a key role in who gets to be selected as the presidential nominee for both parties – the equivalent of giving an English county such as Norfolk the defining voice in selecting who gets to run the country.
No one really stops to question this process.
Still, this means that a visit to Iowa State Fair is a must if you want to endear yourself to potential candidates. It's great to see that the best way to find a candidate to run the country is to subject them to a large dose of carbohydrates and fire testy questions from an irate crowd who only really turned up to look at some prize cows.
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