The Iowa caucuses take place this evening and candidates have made their final appeals, fourth-quarter fundraising and spending figures released, a couple of sour notes in Iowa, the qualifying thresholds for the 9th democratic debate on Feb. 19, and the very brief impeachment update.

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Links:

• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• On Politics: Iowa Caucus Edition! (New York Times)
• 6 things to look for in tonight’s Iowa caucuses (CNN)
• How Iowa’s Three Different Votes Could Affect Who ‘Wins’ (FiveThirtyEight)
• Biden Started Year With Less Cash Than Other Top Democratic Hopefuls (Wall Street Journal)
• What Fourth-Quarter Fundraising Can Tell Us about 2020 (Public Integrity/FiveThirtyEight)
• From the editor: Des Moines Register, partners cancel release of Iowa Poll after respondent raises concerns (Des Moines Register)
• Lis Left Standing: Win or lose, Pete Buttigieg’s senior adviser Lis Smith has turned an unknown mayor into a serious contender (New York magazine)
• Des Moines Register Poll of Iowa Caucusgoers Abruptly Shelved (New York Times)
• Who’s ahead in Iowa? Poll results canceled amid irregularities (Des Moines Register)
• Conspiracy theories swirl over canceled Iowa poll, pushed by Sanders and Yang supporters (NBC News)
• Glenn Fleishman on Twitter
• The Tiny Type Museum and Time Capsule

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