▼ Author Community Vote 38 days ago Even If It Shouldn't Richard Stengel Why Iowa Matters Even If It Shouldn't Richard Stengel/Time - — Iowa is an outlier. The 122,000 people who showed up to vote in the state's caucuses represent less than a fifth of registered Iowa Republicans and exactly 0.09% of the U.S. electorate. In a representative democracy, Iowa is not very representative.