Meaning & use
Caucuses
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Meetings of members of a political party or faction to select candidates or decide policy.
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Iowa's early caucuses have long shaped the presidential nominating process.
Party caucuses met behind closed doors to choose their leadership slate.
A note on using this word
The word's origin is debated, but many trace it to an Algonquian term via a colonial-era Boston political club called the Caucus Club.
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