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DES MOINES — Iowa Democrats are divided on whether the party should split from national party leadership on how to hold the 2028 Democratic caucuses in the state, while most agree that Iowa should play an influential role in the presidential selection process.

This sentiment among party members came from a survey put out by the Iowa Democratic Party in August in an attempt to gauge how Iowa Democrats believe the party should navigate the 2028 presidential nominating process after they were stripped of their first-in-the-nation status in 2023 by the Democratic National Committee.

IDP Chair Rita Hart said the results from the survey, which had more than 750 respondents, will help inform party

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