CBS News - Iowa caucuses - 1980-01-21

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[0:00] Because of the following CBS News

[0:02] special report, tonight's CBS late movie

[0:05] will begin 30 minutes later than usual

[0:07] at 121 Central and Mountain.

[0:13] >> It looks like a smashing victory for

[0:15] President Carter over Senator Kennedy

[0:17] tonight in the Iowa caucuses. And on the

[0:20] Republican side, George Bush apparently

[0:22] has done what he hoped to do, coming out

[0:24] of the pack as the principal challenger

[0:26] to frontr runner Ronald Reagan. Tonight,

[0:29] a look at the results and what they mean

[0:31] as Campaign 80 gets off to an exciting

[0:33] beginning.

[0:36] This is a CBS News special report.

[0:46] Campaign 80.

[0:53] Tonight, the Iowa caucuses

[0:57] from the Civic Center in De Moines. Here

[0:59] is Walter Kankite.

[1:01] >> Good evening. In record numbers far

[1:03] beyond anyone's expectations, Ians

[1:06] turned out this evening for the precinct

[1:08] caucuses of both parties. And by CBS

[1:10] News estimate, more than a 100,000

[1:12] Republicans attended those caucuses and

[1:14] almost 100,000 Democrats for a total

[1:17] turnout more than three times as large

[1:19] as it was four years ago. Then the Iowa

[1:22] caucuses started a relative unknown

[1:24] named Jimmy Carter on his successful bid

[1:26] for the presidency. The night Iowa

[1:28] Democrats apparently have given

[1:30] President Carter a tremendous initial

[1:32] push again beyond anyone's expectations

[1:35] in his bid for a second term. It looks

[1:37] like this on our board at CBS News.

[1:40] Carter getting 59% of the Democratic

[1:43] votes and to Kennedy 29% uncommitted are

[1:47] comparatively small for caucuses 12% of

[1:50] the votes.

[1:52] CBS News also estimates that in the

[1:54] Democrat delegate contest, which is the

[1:56] main