AdvertisementConfused About The Iowa Caucuses? Here's A GuideDecember 30, 2011Don GonyeafacebookEmailOn Jan. 3, Iowans will caucus at 1,774 precincts across the state, in the first contest of the 2012 presidential nominating process. Above, Iowans caucus in 2004 at St. John's United Methodist Church in Des Moines, Precinct 87. (Getty Images)