 January 3, 2012, bato reIowa Democratic Party rakaita musangano wenyika yose wokusarudza nhume dzaizopinda magungano enyika. VaBarack Obama vakanga vasingakwikwidzwi. Zvisinei, vanoenda kumisangano vanewo mukana wokuvhota vasina kuzvipira pane kutsigira Obama, uye vamwe vanorwisana nehondo vanokurudzira Democrats kuvhota vasina kuzvipira vachipikisa hurumende yaObama. Pakati pevamiriri ve 8,152 vekokorodzano yedunhu vakasarudzwa nemasangano, 8,065 99 vaive vaObama uye 87 1 vakanga vasina kuzvipira. Mukuvhota kwakaitwa paDemocratic National ConventionNhengo dzedare reIowa 62 dzakavhotera Obama. Mamwe mavhoti matatu pa65 akapiwa hurumende haana kuziviswa. 