Early Presidential Caucuses Create an Overnight Sensation on Iowa Campuses

College students camp out for basketball tickets, front-row concert seats, and sometimes protests. But this January, some students at Grinnell College, in Iowa, will sleep on a gym floor in order to caucus for their favorite presidential candidate.

The college will be on break during the Democratic and Republican caucuses, which were moved from January 14 to January 3 about two months ago. Because the dormitories will be closed, Grinnell had to make plans to accommodate students who

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