SAN TAN VALLEY, Az (AP) – The Iowa caucuses won’t all be in Iowa. Nearly 1,300 snowbirds, college students and others temporarily outside Iowa will attend the crucial first-in-the-nation caucuses from more than a dozen states and as far away as Europe. It’s the first time the Iowa Democratic Party is holding “satellite caucuses” in far-flung locales to let more people participate in a process often derided as opaque and exclusionary. Altogether, there will be 24 satellite caucuses in 13 states and the District of Columbia. Three international caucuses will be held in Paris; Glasgow, Scotland; and Tbilisi, Georgia.

Joan Koenigs sits in her backyard Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 in San Tan Valley, Arizona where she will host a caucus for fellow Iowans wintering in the Phoenix area. For Iowans, going to college out of state, studying abroad or wintering in Arizona used to mean giving up quite a bit of power in picking presidents. But this year, the Iowa caucuses won’t all be in Iowa. Nearly 1,300 Democrats temporarily away from home will still attend the crucial first-in-the-nation caucuses from Paris or Palm Springs or dozens of places in between.(AP Photo/Matt York)