MyDD :: Where the Iowa field offices are (updated)

Where the Iowa field offices are (updated)

by desmoinesdem, Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 08:17:54 PM EST

I decided to write this diary when I learned that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton each have more than 30 field offices in Iowa.

After January 3, we will see whether campaigns with the most field offices did better in the counties where rivals had field organizers and volunteers working without the visibility of an office.

More information than you probably wanted to know is after the jump.

I have listed the counties in descending order, based on the number of state delegates they will assign on the Democratic side. I took the numbers from this post by Drew Miller, who calculated how many state delegates each Iowa county would contribute to the 2,500 total.

[UPDATE: Drew Miller informs me that the Iowa Democratic Party adjusted the state delegate numbers, so I have corrected the delegate numbers for Polk, Story, Warren, Muscatine, Winneshiek, Winnebago and Emmet counties.]

I also give the 2004 caucus results for each county. Those numbers come from this table on the Des Moines Register's website. The results reflect the percentage of county delegates assigned to the various presidential candidates (not the percentage of raw votes each one received in the county).

Here is a map of Iowa showing all 99 counties and county seats. Not all of the presidential candidates' field offices are in county-seat towns. If you want to see where all the offices are located, I suggest that you consult a good road atlas.

Total field offices in Iowa for each candidate:

Barack Obama 37 (includes two in Des Moines)

Hillary Clinton 34 (includes two in Dubuque and two in Cedar Rapids)

John Edwards 25 [UPDATED to reflect new offices opened in December]

Bill Richardson 16

Chris Dodd 13

Joe Biden 9 (with possibly two more to be added)

Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel have no field offices in Iowa.

Note that all of the six serious campaigns have field offices in nine counties that account for about half of the 2,500 state delegates.

Also be aware that all of the campaigns have field organizers and volunteers working in many counties besides the ones where they have offices.

Several of the campaigns have added new field offices within the past month. Clinton's campaign opened about 15 of her field offices very recently, approximately two months after Obama's campaign had offices in many of the same towns. Edwards had 15 of his 25 Iowa field offices up and running since the summer, then added ten new offices in December.

All told, 42 counties have at least one field office for a Democratic presidential candidate. I was surprised by some of the small towns where Obama and Clinton have opened field offices. I had to get out the Iowa map myself to find some of these towns (Dunlap, Sheldon, Independence).

Granted, those campaigns have money to burn, and it must be very cheap to rent office space in small Iowa towns. Enthusiastic supporters may have even donated office space to the campaigns in some places.

But many counties where Clinton and Obama have opened offices will assign less than 1 percent of the state delegates. Even if you count the delegates coming from neighboring counties, you are talking about a very small percentage of the state delegates.

Are the campaigns mainly vying for bragging rights as the one with the best Iowa ground game? Or will the visibility of all those extra field offices really help Clinton and Obama "organize, organize, organize and then get hot at the end"?

Please post your theories in the comments.

Here is the list of Iowa's 99 counties.

Polk - 358 state delegates

Edwards 39.6 percent, Kerry 35.5 percent, Dean 14.2 percent, Gephardt 8.6 percent, Kucinich 1.5 percent.

All of the campaigns have state headquarters in Polk County. Clinton, Edwards, Dodd, Richardson and Obama have HQ in Des Moines, Iowa's largest city. Obama also has a second office in Des Moines and an additional field office in the suburb of West Des Moines. Biden has his state HQ in Clive, also a western suburb.

Linn - 202 state delegates

Kerry 39.9 percent, Edwards 31.9 percent, Dean 18.1 percent, Gephardt 8.6 percent, Kucinich 1 percent.

All six campaigns have field offices in Cedar Rapids. Clinton has two separate offices in different parts of Cedar Rapids.

Scott - 142 state delegates

Kerry 47.1 percent, Dean 22 percent, Edwards 19.1 percent, Gephardt 10.9 percent

All six campaigns have field offices in Davenport, which is part of the Quad Cities on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River.

Johnson - 137 state delegates

Kerry 35.3 percent, Dean 28.7 percent, Edwards 26.3 percent, Kucinich 7.3 percent, Gephardt 1.3 percent

Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Richardson and Biden all have field offices in Iowa City, where the University of Iowa is located. Dodd has a field office in Coralville, which is right next to Iowa City.

Black Hawk - 117 state delegates

Kerry 39.1 percent, Edwards 25.5 percent, Dean 19.7 percent, Gephardt 13.3 percent, Kucinich 2.2 percent

All six campaigns have field offices in Waterloo. Obama also has a field office in Cedar Falls, the neighboring town where the University of Northern Iowa is located.

Dubuque - 90 state delegates

Kerry 43.8 percent, Edwards 21.9 percent, Dean 14.1 percent, Gephardt 17.8 percent, Clark 1.3 percent, Kucinich 0.7 percent

All six campaigns have field offices in Dubuque, a heavily Catholic city in northeast Iowa along the Mississippi River. Clinton has two separate offices in the same building in Dubuque.

Story - 77 state delegates

Kerry 38.3 percent, Edwards 35.1 percent, Dean 21.1 percent, Kucinich 3.4 percent, Gephardt 1.1 percent

All six campaigns have field offices in Ames, where the campus of Iowa State University is located.

Woodbury - 68 state delegates

Kerry 41.4 percent, Dean 28.5 percent, Edwards 22.5 percent, Gephardt 7.5 percent

All six campaigns have field offices in Sioux City, which is the largest city in northwest Iowa.

Pottawattamie - 55 state delegates

Kerry 46.2 percent, Dean 21.1 percent, Gephardt 16.2 percent, Edwards 14.4 percent, Kucinich 0.4 percent

All six campaigns have field offices in Council Bluffs, which is just over the river from Omaha, Nebraska and is the largest city in western Iowa.

Clinton - 46 state delegates

Kerry 52.5 percent, Dean 25.3 percent, Edwards 14.8 percent, Gephardt 7.4 percent

Clinton and Obama have field offices in Clinton. The other campaigns are covering this county out of their Davenport field offices (Clinton County is just north of Scott County).

Cerro Gordo - 46 state delegates

Kerry 35.2 percent, Edwards 31.6 percent, Dean 21.2 percent, Gephardt 12 percent

Clinton, Edwards, Dodd, Obama and Richardson have field offices in Mason City, Meredith Wilson's home town in north-central Iowa. A Biden staffer told me they have field organizers working here and may be opening an office in Mason City as well.

Des Moines - 41 state delegates

Kerry 33 percent, Edwards 30 percent, Gephardt 21 percent, Dean 15 percent.

Dodd, Richardson, Clinton, Edwards and Obama have field offices in Burlington, the largest city in southeast Iowa.

Dallas - 39 state delegates

Edwards 52 percent, Kerry 35.3 percent, Dean 7.3 percent, Gephardt 3.3 percent, Kucinich 0.7 percent

Clinton has a field office in Waukee, once a small town but now a booming, affluent exurb to the west of Des Moines. Obama has a field office in Perry, a small town with a large (by Iowa standards) Latino population. The other campaigns are covering this county out of their state HQ.

Warren - 38 state delegates

Edwards 40 percent, Kerry 37.3 percent, Gephardt 11.8 percent, Dean 10.9 percent

Edwards, Obama and Clinton have field offices in Indianola. The rest of the campaigns are covering this county, just south of Des Moines, out of their state HQ.

Jasper - 35 state delegates

Edwards 41.2 percent, Kerry 31.6 percent, Gephardt 23.2 percent, Dean 4.0 percent

Edwards, Obama and Clinton have field offices in Newton, former HQ of Maytag Corporation. The other campaigns cover this area out of their state HQ (Jasper County borders Polk County to the east).

Lee - 34 state delegates

Edwards 29.4 percent, Dean 25 percent, Gephardt 25 percent, Kerry 20 percent, Kucinich 0.6 percent

Obama and Clinton have field offices in Fort Madison. Edwards opened an office in Keokuk in December. The other campaigns cover this area out of their Burlington offices.

Webster - 32 state delegates

Kerry 35.1 percent, Edwards 34.3 percent, Dean 18 percent, Gephardt 12.6 percent

Edwards, Dodd, Clinton, Obama and Richardson have field offices in Fort Dodge in north-central Iowa.

Marshall - 32 state delegates

Kerry 37.5 percent, Edwards 32.3 percent, Gephardt 20.3 percent, Dean 9.5 percent

Obama, Richardson, Clinton and Edwards have field offices in Marshalltown, a town with a large (by Iowa standards) Latino population. Other candidates are probably covering this county out of their state HQ.

Muscatine - 32 state delegates

Kerry 43.9 percent, Dean 27.8 percent, Edwards 17.7 percent, Gephardt 10.7 percent

Obama, Clinton and Edwards have field offices in Muscatine. The Davenport field offices are presumably covering this area for the other candidates.

Wapello - 31 state delegates

Edwards 38 percent, Kerry 33.7 percent, Gephardt 21.3 percent, Dean 7 percent

Dodd, Clinton, Obama, Richardson and Edwards have field offices in Ottumwa. A Biden staffer told me they have field organizers working here and may open an office in Ottumwa in December.

Boone - 24 state delegates

Kerry 41.4 percent, Edwards 41.4 percent, Dean 15.7 percent, Gephardt 1.4 percent

No campaign has a field office here. Presumably they are covering the area from their Ames offices.

Benton - 23 state delegates

Kerry 41.1 percent, Edwards 26.7 percent, Dean 16.7 percent, Gephardt 15.6 percent

Clinton has a field office in Vinton. The other campaigns are covering this area either out of their Cedar Rapids or Waterloo offices.

Marion - 23 state delegates

Edwards 36.0 percent, Kerry 34.7 percent, Gephardt 16.7 percent, Dean 9.3 percent

Obama has a field office in Knoxville. The other campaigns are either covering this area out of state HQ or offices in Indianola.

Bremer - 21 state delegates

Kerry 41.0 percent, Edwards 33.0 percent, Dean 13.0 percent, Gephardt 13.0 percent

Obama has a field office in Waverly, a small college town. Other campaigns have offices relatively close by in Waterloo.

Jackson - 20 state delegates

Kerry 36.8 percent, Gephardt 22.1 percent, Dean 19.1 percent, Edwards 19.1 percent

Obama and Edwards have field offices in Maquoketa. The other campaigns are probably covering this area out of their Dubuque offices.

Buchanan - 20 state delegates

Kerry 37.0 percent, Edwards 35.0 percent, Dean 16.0 percent, Gephardt 11.0 percent

Clinton and Obama have field offices in Independence. Others are probably covering this area from their offices in Waterloo, Cedar Rapids or Dubuque.

Fayette - 18 state delegates

Kerry 42.3 percent, Edwards 36.6 percent, Dean 11.4 percent, Gephardt 7.4 percent

Richardson has a field office in West Union. Obama has a field office in Oelwein. Others are probably covering this area out of their Dubuque or Waterloo offices.

Jones - 18 state delegates

Edwards 38.3 percent, Kerry 28.7 percent, Dean 20.9 percent, Gephardt 12.2 percent

Obama has a field office in Anamosa. Others are probably covering this area out of their Dubuque or Cedar Rapids offices.

Winneshiek - 17 state delegates

Kerry 49.3 percent, Dean 22.0 percent, Edwards 16.7 percent, Kucinich 6.7 percent, Gephardt 4.0 percent

Clinton, Obama and Edwards have field offices in Decorah, a college town (in case you were wondering about that strong Kucinich vote). Others are probably covering this area out of their Dubuque or Cedar Rapids offices.

Poweshiek - 17 state delegates

Kerry 41.3 percent, Edwards 26.0 percent, Dean 17.3 percent, Kucinich 7.3 percent, Gephardt 7.3 percent

Edwards opened a field office in Grinnell in December. Others are probably covering this area out of offices in Marshalltown, Des Moines or Iowa City.

Cedar - 16 state delegates

Kerry 34.3 percent, Edwards 24.3 percent, Dean 22.9 percent, Gephardt 10.0 percent, Kucinich 5.7 percent

No one has a field office in this county, which borders the "People's Republic of Johnson County" and is probably covered by Iowa City field offices.

Clayton - 16 state delegates

Kerry 41.7 percent, Edwards 30.8 percent, Dean 16.7 percent, Gephardt 7.5 percent, Clark 1.7 percent

Obama has a field office in Elkader. Others are probably covering the area from Dubuque or Cedar Rapids.

Tama - 16 state delegates

Edwards 36.5 percent, Kerry 32.9 percent, Dean 16.5 percent, Gephardt 14.1 percent

No one has a field office in this county. Others are probably covering the area from Iowa City or Cedar Rapids.

Carroll - 16 state delegates

Kerry 41.8 percent, Edwards 34.2 percent, Dean 18.5 percent, Gephardt 5.5 percent

Clinton, Edwards and Obama have field offices in this heavily Catholic county in western Iowa. Others are probably covering from offices in Sioux City or Council Bluffs.

Washington - 16 state delegates

Kerry 40.0 percent, Edwards 40.0 percent, Dean 14.0 percent, Kucinich 4.0 percent, Gephardt 2.0 percent

Clinton has a field office in Washington. Others are probably covering from offices in Iowa City, Davenport or Burlington.

Floyd - 15 state delegates

Kerry 35.3 percent, Edwards 31.8 percent, Gephardt 18.8 percent, Dean 14.1 percent

Obama has a field office in Charles City. Others are probably covering this county from offices in Mason City or Waterloo.

Jefferson - 15 state delegates

Dean 30.9 percent, Kucinich 29.1 percent, Kerry 20.0 percent, Edwards 14.5 percent, Gephardt 5.5 percent

No, that is not a typo, this was Kucinich's best county. Obama and Edwards have field offices in Fairfield, where Maharishi University and Iowa's "Silicorn Valley" are located. Others are probably covering this area from Iowa City.

Delaware - 15 state delegates

Edwards 45 percent, Kerry 39 percent, Dean 8 percent, Gephardt 6 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Dubuque.

Dickinson - 14 state delegates

Kerry 35 percent, Dean 26.7 percent, Edwards 23.3 percent, Gephardt 8.3 percent, Kucinich 6.7 percent

Edwards opened a field office in Spirit Lake in December. Clinton and Obama have offices relatively nearby in Spencer. Others are probably covering out of Sioux City field offices.

Henry - 14 state delegates

Edwards 39.2 percent, Kerry 31.5 percent, Dean 22.3 percent, Gephardt 5.4 percent, Kucinich 1.5 percent

No field offices. This county is right next to Des Moines county, where most of the candidates have field offices in Burlington.

Hardin - 14 state delegates

Edwards 38.7 percent, Kerry 34.5 percent, Dean 18.5 percent, Gephardt 8.4 percent

No field offices. Campaigns are probably covering this county from offices in Ames, Waterloo or Mason City.

Kossuth - 14 state delegates

Edwards 49.0 percent, Kerry 29.0 percent, Dean 13.0 percent, Gephardt 7.0 percent

Obama, Clinton and Edwards have field offices in Algona. Others are probably covering this area from offices in Mason City.

Hamilton - 14 state delegates

Edwards 45 percent, Kerry 38 percent, Dean 13 percent, Gephardt 4 percent

No field offices. The candidates' closest offices are in Fort Dodge and Ames.

Plymouth - 13 state delegates

Kerry 40 percent, Edwards 30.8 percent, Dean 18.5 percent, Gephardt 10.8 percent

No field offices. This county is just to the north of Sioux City, where all the campaigns have offices.

Iowa - 13 state delegates

Kerry 37.3 percent, Edwards 30.7 percent, Dean 20 percent, Gephardt 12 percent

No field offices. This county is just to the west of Johnson County, so is closest to the field offices in Iowa City.

Chickasaw - 13 state delegates

Kerry 43 percent, Edwards 28 percent, Dean 17 percent, Gephardt 11 percent

No field offices. The closest field offices are in Waverly (Obama), Charles City (Obama), Decorah (Clinton, Obama and Edwards) or in West Union (Richardson). The other campaigns are probably covering this county from Mason city or Waterloo offices.

Mahaska - 13 state delegates

Edwards 45.5 percent, Kerry 36.4 percent, Dean 10.9 percent, Gephardt 7.3 percent

No field offices. The candidates' offices in Ottumwa are closest to this county.

Buena Vista - 12 state delegates

Kerry 34.0 percent, Dean 31.0 percent, Edwards 28.0 percent, Gephardt 7.0 percent

Richardson has a field office in Storm Lake, a town in the conservative northwestern part of the state. Others are probably covering the area out of Sioux City or Spencer.

Madison - 12 state delegates

Edwards 50.6 percent, Kerry 28.2 percent, Dean 10.6 percent, Gephardt 10.6 percent

No field offices. Campaigns are probably covering from their state HQ or from Council Bluffs.

Clay - 12 state delegates

Edwards 42 percent, Kerry 28 percent, Dean 22 percent, Gephardt 6 percent, Kucinich 1 percent

Obama and Clinton have field offices in Spencer. Others are probably covering from Sioux City.

Allamakee - 12 state delegates

Kerry 47.9 percent, Dean 23.9 percent, Edwards 21.1 percent, Gephardt 7 percent

No field offices. The closest offices would be in Decorah (Clinton, Edwards and Obama) and West Union (Richardson). Other campaigns are probably this county out of field offices in Dubuque, Waterloo or Cedar Rapids.

Butler - 11 state delegates

Kerry 37 percent, Edwards 36 percent, Dean 14 percent, Gephardt 13 percent

No field offices. The closest field offices are in Waverly for Obama and in Waterloo for the other candidates.

Appanoose - 11 state delegates

Edwards 50 percent, Kerry 26 percent, Dean 22 percent, Gephardt 2 percent

No field offices. Campaigns are probably covering out of Ottumwa offices.

Crawford - 10 state delegates

Kerry 36.3 percent, Edwards 33.8 percent, Gephardt 18.8 percent, Dean 8.7 percent, Clark 1.2 percent, Kucinich 1.2 percent

No field offices. Edwards, Clinton and Obama have the closest offices in Carroll. Other candidates are covering from either Council Bluffs or Sioux City.

Wright - 10 state delegates

Kerry 36.5 percent, Edwards 36.5 percent, Gephardt 15.3 percent, Dean 9.4 percent

No field offices. The closest offices to this north-central county are in Fort Dodge.

Harrison - 10 state delegates

erry 49.3 percent, Edwards 20.0 percent, Dean 17.3 percent, Gephardt 13.3 percent

Clinton has a field office in Dunlap, a very small town in western Iowa. Others are probably covering from Council Bluffs offices.

Cherokee - 10 state delegates

Kerry 35.7 percent, Gephardt 24.3 percent, Dean 20.0 percent, Edwards 17.1 percent

No field offices. Richardson has the closest office in Storm Lake. Other campaigns are probably covering out of their Sioux City offices.

Mitchell - 10 state delegates

Kerry 31.3 percent, Edwards, 31.3 percent, Dean 21.3 percent, Gephardt 13.8 percent

No field offices. This county on the northern border of the state is closest to the Mason City offices or (for Obama) Charles City.

Winnebago - 9 state delegates

Kerry 34 percent, Edwards 33 percent, Dean 18 pecent, Gephardt 15 percent

No field offices. This county is closest to the Mason City offices.

Cass - 9 state delegates

Kerry 38.8 percent, Edwards 34.7 percent, Gephardt 16.3 percent, Dean 8.2 percent

No field offices. The candidates' closest offices are in Council Bluffs.

Union - 9 state delegates

Edwards 43.8 percent, Kerry 28.8 percent, Dean 13.8 percent, Gephardt 13.8 percent

Clinton and Obama have field offices in Creston, a town in southwestern Iowa. Council Bluffs offices are probably covering this county for the other campaigns.

Guthrie - 9 state delegates

Edwards 59.3 percent, Kerry 27.1 percent, Dean 10.2 percent, Gephardt 1.7 percent

No field offices. This county is probably covered by Council Bluffs offices, or perhaps by state HQ for some candidates.

Howard - 9 state delegates

Kerry 40 percent, Edwards 26.7 percent, Dean 18.7 percent, Gephardt 13.3 percent

No field offices. Clinton, Obama and Edwards have the closest offices in Decorah and Charles City. Other candidates are probably covering from Mason City or Waterloo.

Hancock - 9 state delegates

Edwards 46 percent, Dean 24 percent, Kerry 20 percent, Gephardt 10 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Mason City or Fort Dodge.

Palo Alto - 8 state delegates

Kerry 43.3 percent, Edwards 28.7 percent, Dean 23.3 percent, Gephardt 2 percent

No field offices. Clinton, Obama and Edwards have the closest offices in Algona and Spencer. Other candidates are probably covering from Fort Dodge or Sioux City.

Grundy - 8 state delegates

Kerry 50 percent, Edwards 33.8 percent, Dean 13.8 percent, Gephardt 2.5 percent

No field offices. The candidates' Waterloo offices are close by.

Greene - 8 state delegates

Edwards 41.3 percent, Kerry 37.5 percent, Dean 13.8 percent, Gephardt 6.3 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Carroll. Other candidates are probably covering from Fort Dodge or Council Bluffs.

Clarke - 8 state delegates

Edwards 41.3 percent, Kerry 30 percent, Dean 15 percent, Gephardt 12.5 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Creston (Clinton and Obama) or Indianola (Clinton, Edwards and Obama). Other candidates are probably covering from state HQ or Council Bluffs.

Worth - 8 state delegates

Edwards 37.3 percent, Kerry 32 percent, Dean 13.3 percent, Gephardt 13.3 percent

No field offices. This county is just to the north of the Mason City offices.

Calhoun - 8 state delegates

Kerry 41.5 percent, Edwards 39.4 percent, Dean 12.8 percent, Gephardt 5.3 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Carroll, Fort Dodge or Storm Lake, though some campaigns may be covering from Sioux City offices.

Shelby - 8 state delegates

Kerry 54 percent, Edwards 26 percent, Dean 9 percent, Gephardt 8 percent

No field offices. Clinton has the closest office in Dunlap. Other candidates are covering from Council Bluffs.

Keokuk - 8 state delegates

Kerry 50.8 percent, Edwards 21.5 percent, Dean 16.9 percent, Gephardt 9.2 percent

No field offices. This county is closest to offices in Iowa City or Ottumwa.

Louisa - 8 state delegates

Edwards 30 percent, Gephardt 26 percent, Dean 24 percent, Kerry 20 percent

No field offices. Obama, Clinton and Edwards have the closest offices in Muscatine. Others are probably covering this county from Burlington or Davenport.

Franklin - 8 state delegates

Edwards 44.7 percent, Kerry 32.9 percent, Dean 12.9 percent, Gephardt 9.4 percent

No field offices. This county is not far from offices in Mason City, Waterloo and Ames.

Monona - 8 state delegates

Kerry 42.5 percent, Edwards 21.3 percent, Dean 20 percent, Gephardt 10 percent, Kucinich 2.5 percent

No field offices. Likely to be covered out of Council Bluffs.

Emmet - 8 state delegates

Edwards 36 percent, Dean 30 percent, Kerry 28 percent, Gephardt 6 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Spencer (for Obama and Clinton) and in Spirit Lake (Edwards). Other candidates are probably covering this county out of Sioux City offices.

Sioux - 7 state delegates

Edwards 32.4 percent, Dean 31.1 percent, Kerry 29.7 percent, Gephardt 4.1 percent

No field offices. Clinton has the closest office in Sheldon. Other campaigns are probably covering this area out of Sioux City offices.

Page - 7 state delegates

Kerry 41.3 percent, Edwards 25.3 percent, Dean 21.3 percent, Gephardt 10.7 percent, Kucinich 1.3 percent

Clinton has a field office in Shenandoah, a small town in southwest Iowa. Others are probably covering from Council Bluffs.

Mills - 7 state delegates

Kerry 40 percent, Dean 22 percent, Gephardt 20 percent, Edwards

14 percent, Kucinich 2 percent

No field offices. This county is just to the south of Council Bluffs.

Humboldt - 7 state delegates

Edwards 43.3 percent, Kerry 38.9 percent, Gephardt 10 percent, Dean 7.8 percent

No field offices. The closest offices would be in Fort Dodge or Algona.

O'Brien - 7 state delegates

Kerry 29.1 percent, Dean 29.1 percent, Edwards 25.5 percent, Gephardt 16.4 percent

Clinton has a field office in Sheldon. Other campaigns are probably covering this county out of Sioux City, Spirit Lake or Spencer offices.

Sac - 7 state delegates

Kerry 37 percent, Edwards 29 percent, Dean 26 percent, Gephardt 6 percent, Kucinich 1 percent, Clark 1 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Storm Lake (Richardson) or Carroll (Clinton, Obama and Edwards). Others are probably covering this county from Sioux City.

Lucas - 7 state delegates

Edwards 35 percent, Kerry 30 percent, Gephardt 21.7 percent, Dean 13.3 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Indianola (Clinton, Obama, Edwards) or in Knoxville (Obama). Others are probably covering out of state HQ.

Adair - 6 state delegates

Edwards 52 percent, Kerry 32 percent, Dean 10 percent, Gephardt 6 percent

No field offices. This county is probably covered by field offices in Council Bluffs or by state HQ.

Monroe - 6 state delegates

Edwards 44.6 percent, Kerry 27.7 percent, Gephardt 23.1 percent, Dean 1.5 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Ottumwa or Knoxville (for Obama).

Decatur - 6 state delegates

Edwards 43.2 percent, Kerry 24.2 percent, Dean 20 percent, Gephardt 11.6 percent

No field offices. Obama and Clinton have the closest field offices in Creston. Other candidates are probably covering from Indianola, Council Bluffs or state HQ.

Davis - 6 state delegates

Edwards 48 percent, Kerry 27.2 percent, Gephardt 20 percent, Dean 4.8 percent

No field offices. This county is just to the south of Ottumwa.

Montgomery - 6 state delegates

Kerry 40.3 percent, Dean 24.7 percent, Gephardt 24.7 percent, Edwards 9.1 percent

No field offices. Clinton has the closest office in Shenandoah, but this county is not far from other candidates' offices in Council Bluffs.

Pocahontas - 6 state delegates

Edwards 40 percent, Dean 25.7 percent, Kerry 20 percent, Gephardt 14.3 percent

No field offices. Richardson has the closest office in Storm Lake. Other candidates are probably covering out of Fort Dodge.

Audubon - 5 state delegates

Kerry 42.2 percent, Edwards 40 percent, Gephardt 8.9 percent, Dean 4.4 percent, uncommitted 4.4 percent

No field offices. The closest offices would be in Carroll (Obama, Clinton, Edwards) or Council Bluffs.

Van Buren - 5 state delegates

Edwards 33.3 percent, Dean 30 percent, Kerry 26.7 percent, Gephardt 10 percent

No field offices. This county is not far from the candidates' offices in Ottumwa and Burlington.

Fremont - 5 state delegates

Kerry 28.3 percent, Edwards 28.3 percent, Dean 28.3 percent, Gephardt 15 percent

No field offices. Clinton has the closest office in Shenandoah. This county in the southwest corner of Iowa would be covered by Council Bluffs offices for most candidates.

Wayne - 5 state delegates

Edwards 53.3 percent, Kerry 22.7 percent, Dean 16 percent, Gephardt 8 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Indianola and Knoxville. This county in south-central Iowa may be covered by state HQ or Council Bluffs offices.

Taylor - 5 state delegates

Kerry 37.5 percent, Edwards 37.5 percent, Dean 12.5 percent, Gephardt 7.5 percent, Kucinich 2.5 percent

No field offices. Clinton has the closest office in Shenandoah. Other campaigns are probably covering out of Council Bluffs offices.

Ida - 5 state delegates

Edwards 40 percent, Kerry 36.7 percent, Dean 23.3 percent

No field offices. The campaigns are probably covering this county out of Sioux City offices.

Ringgold - 5 state delegates

Edwards 40.3 percent, Dean 25 percent, Kerry 22.2 percent, Gephardt 12.5 percent

No field offices. Clinton and Obama have the closest offices in Creston. The other campaigns are probably covering this county out of Council Bluffs.

Lyon - 4 state delegates

Dean 43.3 percent, Edwards 40 percent, Gephardt 10 percent, Kerry 6.7 percent

No field offices. Clinton has the closest office in Dunlap. Other campaigns are probably covering this county in the northwest corner of Iowa out of Sioux City offices.

Adams - 3 state delegates

Edwards 42 percent, Kerry 30 percent, Dean 12 percent, Gephardt 12 percent, Clark 2 percent

No field offices. The closest offices would be in Creston (Clinton and Obama) and Shenandoah (Clinton). Other campaigns are probably covering out of Council Bluffs offices.

Osceola - 3 state delegates

Edwards 44 percent, Kerry 20 percent, Dean 18 percent, Gephardt 18 percent

No field offices. The closest offices are in Sheldon (for Clinton) or Spirit Lake (for Edwards). Others would be covering out of Sioux City or Spencer.

That's all, folks. I hope some number-cruncher out there can make use of this information after January 3.

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Re: Where the Iowa field offices are (none / 0)

You did ALOT of work, good job!

by American1989 on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 08:34:20 PM EST

it took longer than I thought it would (2.00 / 4)

when I started the project!

But I was interested in digging into the 2004 results anyway, so I didn't mind.

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by desmoinesdem on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 08:36:42 PM EST
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Am I right (none / 0)

in seeing significant Dean weakness in the rural/smaller counties?

Who is appealing to the same group? Initially I would think that Obama in some ways resembles Dean in appeal - which would suggest he might have trouble in rural areas.

by fladem on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 09:46:38 AM EST
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I suspect the Obama campaign (none / 0)

recognized early on that he was much stronger in some cities and college towns than he was in rural Iowa. I think the whole point of opening 30 plus field offices was to address that potential weakness.

I haven't talked to anyone doing field in rural areas lately, so I don't know how the race has shifted.

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by desmoinesdem on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 12:31:59 PM EST
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Big thank you for this diary (none / 0)

Tons of important information here.

by merbex on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 10:12:25 AM EST
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Re: Where the Iowa field offices are (none / 0)

Wow, this post is like an encyclopedia. Incredible.

"Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman

by Steve M on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 08:42:14 PM EST

I figured people would want the info (2.00 / 1)

It's surprising how hard it is to find the 2004 results by county. The Des Moines Register really has it buried on their site, and there don't seem to be very many sources for it on the web.

If you look at the results, some interesting patterns emerge. One is that Kerry dominated the medium-sized cities in Iowa (Dubuque, Davenport, Council Bluffs, Sioux City, etc.). If Edwards can bring up his numbers a bit in those cities and hold steady in the counties where he was strong in 2004, he will be in a very good position.

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by desmoinesdem on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 09:17:16 PM EST
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Re: I figured people would want the info (none / 0)

You know, I always thought it was Montezuma County, not Poweshiek County (I got a speeding ticket there once). So I guess I learned something today, although it wasn't necessarily the most important thing.

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by Steve M on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:44:15 PM EST
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incredible job ! very comprehensive and informative.

by silver spring on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 09:33:00 PM EST

thanks (none / 0)

I do wish we didn't have so many counties...

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by desmoinesdem on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 09:48:20 PM EST
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Re: Where the Iowa field offices are (2.00 / 1)

Wow, its alot different then when I worked Iowa for Gary Hart in 1984, I think we had 1 office in every congressional district and a statewide office in Polk Co.

Andy Katz

by Andy Katz on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:15:22 PM EST

I can't remember how many offices (2.00 / 1)

the candidates had in 2004, but I thought Kerry only had around a half-dozen. When I heard earlier this year that Edwards was opening 15 offices, I thought that was a lot.

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by desmoinesdem on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:51:59 PM EST
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Terrific info, thanks.

by Jerome Armstrong on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:22:01 PM EST

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Great job on this! Thanks for the info (and all your hard work).

by royce on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:27:23 PM EST

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This is an excellent diary. Thanks so much for all the work you put into it.

by rikyrah on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:37:48 PM EST

I was looking for something like it (none / 0)

and when I couldn't find anything, I figured I might as well write it myself.

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by desmoinesdem on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 11:06:36 PM EST
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Did anyone else see this nifty tool at Politico? (none / 0)

I'm not generally a fan of linking to the Politico, but they do have a neat tool (Click on the Iowa map "Tracking the Candidates" in the middle of the linked page) that shows how many times the candidates have visited the 99 counties in Iowa. Inexplicably, among the Dems they only show the results for the 3 frontrunners.

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by clarkent on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:43:18 PM EST

that is an interesting tool (none / 0)

I don't agree with listing only the top-tier candidates, though.

Richardson has been to 98 counties (all but Keokuk County, and he will get there soon, apparently).

I don't think Biden and Clinton have even been to 50 of the counties. I don't know about Dodd. Obama has been to at least 60, I think.

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by desmoinesdem on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:53:55 PM EST
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Excellent info! TIA!

by benny06 on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:45:43 PM EST

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My Region 5, four years ago for Dean, had our main offices in Council Bluffs and Sioux City, with smaller offices in Le Mars, Woodbine (10 miles West of Dunlap on Hwy. 30), Creston, and Glenwood (kind of).

We paid $300/month for the space in Council Bluffs, $0 for Sioux City, $0 for Woodbine, $0 for Glenwood, and then kind of offered subsidized housing/office for our folks in Le Mars and Creston (including Oregon Senate candidate Steve Novick).

In Council Bluffs, we rented from the Pottawattamie Co. Genealogical Society. The other tenant in the building was a bingo hall. On Wednesday and Saturday nights, when they had bingo, it was very difficult to find parking, and the cigarette smoke came through the wall into our office space.

by Nate Willems on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 12:19:11 AM EST

thanks for posting that (none / 0)

I don't know why, I thought you were a regional director for Dean in eastern Iowa.

I met someone on the Edwards campaign who was a field organizer in Council Bluffs during the last campaign. The campaign put so few resources into that area--no ads in the Omaha/Council Bluffs market, for instance. In late December 2003 he had all of his known Edwards supporters programmed into his cell phone! That's how few there were.

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by desmoinesdem on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 12:35:13 AM EST
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Yes, I've also heard Pat Maloney tell me that we only beat them in Pott. Co. b/c they didn't spend a lot of money on Omaha.

by Nate Willems on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 01:01:40 AM EST
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Great diary (none / 0)

Thanks for all the hard work. Another solid contribution to MyDD by desmoinesdem!

by markjay on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 01:44:07 AM EST

Edwards's built-in advantage? (none / 0)

Seeing all those counties where Edwards won or did very well last time makes me wonder if he's at an advantge having a list of "1"s to call from the last election. I wonder how many people who voted for him in 2004 won't do the same in 2008. And this time around, he should pick up a sizable number of former Dean voters (who will likely split between Edwards and Obama) and Kerry voters (the main source of Hillary's support but many will choose Edwards or Obama too)....

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by Jim in Chicago on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 01:49:35 AM EST

there was an article on Politico (2.00 / 2)

that touched on this:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/120 7/7211.html

The article quotes Rob Tully (former Iowa Democratic Party chairman and longtime Edwards supporter) as saying the campaign expects to hold on to about 60 to 70 percent of those who caucused for him in 2004.

That seems about right to me. I've been thinking all year that the path to winning Iowa for Edwards is to hang on to at least half of his supporters from 2004 and add a quarter of the Kerry supporters, a third of the Dean supporters, and half of the Gephardt supporters. All of that seems very doable.

My sense is that the Dean supporters are largely splitting between Edwards and Obama, with Hillary and other candidates also getting some of them.

The Kerry supporters in the Des Moines area seem to be all over the map--just among the former Kerry precinct captains I know, there are precinct captains for Edwards and Obama and also some strong supporters of Hillary, Biden and Richardson.

One big question mark for me is where will those Kerry supporters in the medium-sized cities go? When you look at the results for counties like Dubuque, Scott, Woodbury and Pottawattamie, it's amazing that Edwards finished as close to Kerry in the state delegate count as he did.

If Edwards can moderately improve his standing in those counties and some others in eastern Iowa (e.g. Clinton, Muscatine) he should be ok as long as the former Kerry backers do not move en masse to just one other candidate.

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by desmoinesdem on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 02:01:20 AM EST
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Fantastic job dmd! (2.00 / 1)

That is a lot of info. Geez. You are such a wonk! :-)

It's an election, not an auction.

by cosbo on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 02:11:02 AM EST

to paraphrase Chris Bowers (2.00 / 1)

I am more of a hack than a wonk...

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by desmoinesdem on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 02:14:33 AM EST
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Re: to paraphrase Chris Bowers (none / 0)

maybe so, but you are better at this than most of the hacks out there and most of the wonks. not just in this diary but in general you give details that help us to really understand how things works. i love context which is something missing from a lot of these discussions.

by bruh21 on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 03:51:39 PM EST
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Kudos to you!

Phenomenal job! Thank you

by labanman on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 04:02:24 AM EST

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you should wikipedia this or something so others can use your research later

by bruh21 on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 02:03:03 PM EST

thanks for the suggestion (none / 0)

I have never put anything up on wikipedia--I have no idea how that is done.

Chris Woods at Bleeding Heartland suggested that it would be helpful to have all this in an Excel file. I should have thought of that--it might make the data more accessible.

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by desmoinesdem on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 03:45:55 PM EST
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have you checked to see whether there is a tutorial- also over a d kos there is , i believe, a sort of political wikipedia

by bruh21 on Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 03:52:08 PM EST
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