Sentence examples for caucuses of from inspiring English sources

The Americans still want the parliament to be chosen by caucuses of notables.

Candidates were nominated state by state -- by the legislatures or by caucuses of Congressmen -- not nationally.

Beginning in 1796, caucuses of the parties' congressional delegations met informally to nominate their presidential and vice presidential candidates, leaving the general public with no direct input.

Reflecting Iowa's clout as host of the first caucuses of the presidential election cycle, the summit lured nine putative candidates, all of them Republicans.

Before the development of conventions in the United States in the 1830s, American political parties selected candidates and policies in informal caucuses of the parties' congressional delegations.

I'm more than happy to be corrected by American readers, but by my reckoning only 11% of the electorate took part in the Iowa Democratic caucuses of 2008.

Over the years, the influence of the Iowa caucuses on the outcome of the primaries in New Hampshire has been mixed.

When Mr. Clinton was running for the nomination, the candidates (and media) were ignoring the Iowa caucuses because of the presence of a favorite-son candidate, Senator Tom Harkin.

Can we predict the exact results of the Iowa caucuses ahead of time?

Correction An earlier version of this article misstated the number of states that hold nominating caucuses instead of primaries that have been won by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Two weeks before the caucuses, 94percentt of Democrats and 85percentt of Republicans reported taking part in recent discussions concerning at least one candidate.