Engaging Students: First in the Nation Project - Franklin Pierce University & Wartburg College

Program Details

Student Perspectives

Regional/National Sites

Video Streams from live campus appearances:





Other Video Streams (WMV): - 2008 Campaign Review - Iowa Caucus Voters Guide - Iowa Caucus System - Iowa Caucus Panel - Wartburg Alumni Panel

Panel Discussion Feb. 26, 2008 - Live Video Stream

2008 Iowa Caucus Final Results:
Top Tier Candidates

Democrats:
The Iowa Democratic Party reported seeing record turnout. The party said there were at least 227,000 caucus attendees.

1. Barack Obama

38%

2. John Edwards

30%

3. Hillary Clinton

29%

Republicans:
The Iowa GOP projected that 120,000 people took part in the Republican caucuses.

1. Mike Huckabee

34%

2. Mitt Romney

25%

3. Fred Thompson

13%

4. John McCain

13%

2008 New Hampshire Primary
Final Results:
Top Tier Candidates

Democrats:

1. Hillary Clinton

39%

2. Barack Obama

36%

3. John Edwards

17%

4. Bill Richardson

Republicans:

1. John McCain

37%

2. Mitt Romney

31%

3. Mike Huckabee

11%

4. Rudy Giuliani

5. Ron Paul

Engaging Students: First In the Nation is an interdisciplinary collaboration between Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, and Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, focused on educating and engaging students and the public regarding the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary during the 2008 presidential election cycle.

2006-07 events included presidential candidate interviews with Sen. John Edwards (D) of North Carolina, Sen. Joe Biden (D) of Deleware, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R) of California, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) of Ohio and Gov. Mike Gravel (D) of Alaska; a convocation by Helen Thomas, former White House Bureau Chief for United Press International; and alumni panels about media ethics. The Sen. Edwards event has been broadcast on C-SPAN2 nationally.

All First in the Nation events were broadcast live between Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire and Wartburg College in Iowa. All events were free and open to the community.