Michael Booth Law is an Iowa State senator and he
joins us now.
State Senator Bustla, good morning.
Thank you for joining us.
We know that Iowans are tough.
They're used to the cold.
But if you can't get to the caucus location because
of the Blizzard or the wind chill of -30,
as Janice was just saying,
it is going to affect the election.
So how do you see this playing out?
Well, thankfully the caucuses aren't today.
I mean we are facing a Blizzard.
I'm, I'm hunkered down with windy,
snowy, nasty weather right now.
But Monday and just typical cold Iowans can deal with.
You know, I still think we'll have,
you know, a great turn out in the Iowa caucuses.
But it's going to be interesting because if turn out
is down,
who does that help? Who does that hinder?
And and ultimately, I think it's going to make for
an even more interesting,
more fun Monday night of the caucuses.
Let's explain how ultimately A caucus works,
shall we? Registered Republicans gather at more than 1600 caucuses
across Iowa's 99 counties.
They can be in schools,
churches or even your neighbors living room.
How quaint. Once underway, reps from each campaign can make
their pitches.
Then it is time to vote.
Caucus goers write their pick for president on a blank
piece of paper.
Those ballots are then collected and counted in public view.
Final tally gets reported to the state party.
40 delegates are at stake in Iowa.
They will go to the candidates based on the results.
Hello Michael. In terms of the results,
what's your prediction first, second and third and how close
is?
Holy cow. Now that's a tough question.
I didn't know it was too early in the morning
for those kinds of predictions.
I think it's pretty clear right now that President Trump
is leading.
But turn out is everything right?
And Governor DeSantis has worked very hard in this state,
all 99 counties. He's visited them.
He has precinct captains and all those 1600 precincts.
I'm told that he has a captain for every precinct.
And ultimately the Iowa caucuses are a grassroots effort.
They're coming together. In that living room,
in that church, in that school,
with your neighbors. Hearing, hey,
This is why I'm supporting XY or Z.
And so I believe, you know,
you're going to see strong performances from President Trump,
who's done the work, who's really,
you know, enlarging the Republican Party here in Iowa.
You have Governor DeSantis who's got the grassroots,
has precinct captains throughout our state.
You've got Governor Haley, who's got momentum on her side
and and even lately Vivek Ramaswamy,
who has really engaged the base on issues and has
some people very,
very excited. And passionate about supporting.
Mr. Ramaswamy Well, a senior campaign adviser for Trump,
said that his goal is to win by more than
12 percentage points,
So that's the number to lookout for come Monday.
Michael, thank you so much for joining us.