But are caucus states ready or willing to take on the added burden — both financial and physical — of conducting presidential primaries?
In Iowa, the answer is no. Not because the state couldn’t handle the burden, but because the state enjoys its first-in-the nation caucus status.
“The Secretary of State wholeheartedly supports Iowa’s current caucus process and intends to do everything he can to preserve it,” said Sarah Reisetter, director of elections for Iowa. “The Iowa caucuses provide Iowans with a unique opportunity to interact with presidential candidates and those opportunities may decrease if our state moved to a primary system. Secretary Schultz is not interested in seeing that happen.”
via electionline.org
