I think that neither is important as the other. I write that because recently, I have spent some time researching previous caucus statistics and determined, especially for Iowa, that the caucus did not influence the outcome of the presidential winner. I also think that if we add the voting percentages of Iowa and New Hampsire, then yes, Hillary is leading Obama. Nonetheless, I believe that the overall objective is to determine who has recieved the greater amount of votes from each participating state, in order to determine who may actually win the presidential seat in November. I can hardly wait for February's super Tuesday, when many states will converge upon the polls to vote. Isn't this the most exciting voting event of our times? History indeed! Along side, or shall I say above the Florida voting fiasco of 2000, and I participated in that.