Analysis: Iowa votes for change

Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers
last updated: January 04, 2008 01:03:30 AM

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa sent the country a message Thursday night: We want change!

New faces. New voices. A new approach to politics.

The voters' message was clear in both parties, but boldest in the Democratic Party. Young people, independents and first-time voters surged into precinct caucuses in record numbers to vote for Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, rejecting the establishment's choice, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.