If there’s one thing Iowans are looking forward to tonight, it might just be some peace and quiet.
Robo-calls — automated messages delivered to voters via phone — have run daily for weeks in Iowa, beginning at 9:00 in the morning and wrapping up at 9:00 each night.
At least one Iowan who spoke with KETV NewsWatch 7 is incensed.
“I’m going to say anywhere from six to ten phone calls a day,” claims Sharon Anderson, a Council Bluffs, Iowa resident, in an interview with the Omaha, Neb.-based television station. “I won’t even vote for them,” said Anderson. “Because of this.”
While Anderson sits this one out, a record number of Iowans are expected to show up at the state’s caucus events, with estimates as high as 25–30 percent turnout, according to KETV.