# Can an Iowa resident caucus for himself?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-iowa-resident-caucus-for-himself/608323>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-iowa-resident-caucus-for-himself/608323 "2012-01-04T01:32:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![doubled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@doubled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doubled)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-iowa-resident-caucus-for-himself/608323/1 "2012-01-04T01:32:07Z")

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Suppose Newt Gingrich lived in Iowa. Could he attend the Iowa caucus and caucus for himself? Obviously, he’d be allowed to vote for himself in a regular ballot election; but since the whole point of caucuses is to debate with your fellow voters and try to change their minds, it would be a massive distraction for one of the candidates to be there speaking on his own behalf. Can an Iowa resident caucus for himself?

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-iowa-resident-caucus-for-himself/608323/2 "2012-01-04T01:34:24Z")

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I don’t see why not. Who better to argue the case for caucusing for Newt Gingrich than Newt Gingrich?