So Mondale, Jimmy Carter's vp, wins a big victory in the Iowa caucus, goes on to be the nominee, and lose the general election. 1988. The winner of the Iowa caucus was Dick Gephardt. Now over Dukakis. Dick Gephardt got 31%. Paul Simon got 27%. Michael Dukakis got 22%. So it's tight. Now, remember, you know, Gephardt was from Missouri. Missouri's not that far from Iowa. So there was a midwestern Iowa has historically given some additional credence to midwesterners. (01:54–02:02)
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Asserts the percentage of votes each candidate received in the 1988 Iowa caucus.
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