<p>January 03, 2008
Wait for New Hampshire
By David Broder</p>
<p>MANCHESTER, N.H. – One final reminder: When you’re reading the returns from the Iowa caucuses, remember you are viewing them through a double distortion mirror.
The outcome of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation voting is skewed by two big factors. The turnout is ridiculously small, barely 20 percent of the eligible voters. And those who choose to caucus are hardly representative of the population as a whole.
This is not said in disparagement of Iowans, whose overall civic spirit and political acumen are as outstanding as any voters I know. But their traditional way of expressing their early choice for president and the disproportionate influence it exerts in winnowing the field leave a lot to be desired.</p>
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