Iowa’s Deep Freeze Scrambles Caucus Turnout Tactics

Washington Post: “The subzero temperatures forecast for caucus night are testing and upending months of planning and organizing for the presidential primary’s first nominating contest here. Expectations that turnout could break the 2016 record of 186,000 are now colliding with the challenge of convincing supporters to overcome frostbite exposure and unevenly plowed frozen roads.”

“The rival camps are trading theories on who the weather could help or hurt. Could it fall more heavily on rural voters who have to travel farther to their caucus precincts and tend to favor Trump? Or do those Iowans know how to manage snow in their big trucks? Does Trump’s polling lead let complacency set in with supporters pondering whether to leave the warmth of their couches? Or it might favor the candidates with the most enthusiastic supporters — who will ‘walk on glass,’ as Trump likes to say.”