In 1976, little-known presidential candidate Jimmy Carter catapulted to victory and elevated the Iowa caucuses into a national drama
in The Washington Post. “Its population is largely White and therefore does not reflect the party’s diversity. It is seen as largely rural in makeup, at a time when the party’s voters are housed increasingly in cities and populous suburbs. Its contest is a set of caucuses, an arcane system whose rules few understand and that disenfranchises voters.”Forty-seven years ago, as Carter campaigned in Iowa, questions about the caucuses and the state’s demographics loomed far in the future.
while a host of Democrats — including Bayh, liberal Rep. Morris K. Udall of Arizona, foreign policy hawk Sen. Henry Jackson of Washington and pro-segregation former Alabama governor George Wallace — vied to lead the Democratic ticket. Should a less diverse state have so much influence in a diversifying country? Hannah Jewell investigates At the heart of Carter’s campaign was an unorthodox message, described in a front-page story in the Des Moines Register about a morning meeting between Carter and 20 veteran Iowa Democrats in Sioux City. Carter assured his listeners, “If you support me, I’ll never make you ashamed. … You’ll never be disappointed. I have nothing to conceal. I’ll never tell a lie.
That was confirmed in October by a Des Moines Register poll of Democrats attending the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner that showed Carter well ahead of the Democratic field. The poll lent credibility to a candidate whose “Presidential aspirations have been considered laughable by many Washington experts,” R.W. Apple wrote in the Times, but it did not come as a surprise to those on the ground in Iowa.
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