1,678 iowa precinct caucuses plus 99 satellite caucuses around the world (organized as alternative voting sites for registered democratic iowans who are prevented from voting locally at their precinct caucus) will all be held with doors being closed 7 p.m. cst on february 3, 2020, in order to elect precinct delegates for the subsequent county conventions and allocate the state's 41 pledged national delegates based upon the proportional accumulative result of all the precincts.