Iowa Caucus and My Mom

I am originally from Iowa. My mother, who is 80 years old, has lived in Iowa her whole life. She has never attended a Caucus.. until now.

First let me tell you a little about my mom. She's a "greatest generation" woman, widow, and Catholic with a ton of kids. Probably always voted the same way her husband did. This year, in the freezing snow, she decided to attend her first caucus.

Another thing about my mom, she is not an opinionated woman. This woman has trouble deciding anything including what kind of salad to order. A trait no doubt of women from the WW2 generation who always had their husbands to make all the decisions. Then they find themselves widowed and unable to decide anything without help. Expressing an opinion seems a little scary, "what if my friends don't agree?"

MY mom went to the caucus AND wore a Clinton button!! She wore a little volunteer sign for getting there early, and actually TALKED! When someone asked her "why should I vote for Hillary?", she actually gave a really political intelligent answer!! When she got home, she called her lesbian, activist daughter and said "Guess where I've been?!!" all full of excitement.

It really gives me hope and makes me really proud of my Mommy!!