Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday, and also the kick-off to the voting for the U.S. president on November 5.  How important is the Iowa caucus? This caucus will only select 1.6% of Republican delegates to Milwaukee in mid-July. Nearly two-thirds of Republicans in Iowa are either white evangelical or white born again Christians. Since 2000, no Iowa Republican winner has ever become president .  However, in 2016, Ted Cruz beat Donald Trump.  Then Trump in 2000 beat off challengers, but lost to Joe Biden. Only Barack Obama in 2008 won the Democratic vote and went on to become president. In 2020, Biden lost to Pete Buttigieg, made a recovery in South Carolina, which will be the third primary site, and will probably determine which Republican will become the party nominee for president. Why? The way these caucuses/primaries are organized, independents can sometimes determine the winner. While all states generally allow anyone to show up and say they ar...