Prepared for middle school students, this magazine issue covers presidential campaigns, the election process, and Herbert Hoover, an Iowan native. The articles include: (1) "Meet Clara Bell, 1848"; (2) "On the Campaign Trail"; (3) "Caucus Spotlight" (K. B. Brosseau); (4) "Kids Ask the Candidates"; (5) "Belva Lockwood" (S. Wood); (6) "Herbert Hoover: From Iowa to the White House" (K. M. Smith); and (7) "Living in the White House: A Talk with President Herbert Hoover's Granddaughter" (K. M. Smith). Other features focus on the U.S. election process, Iowa as the site of the first political caucuses, and presidential trivia, while the student activities include scrambled words, political cartoons, an election game, a short answer exercise on voting, and a computer program puzzle. (DJC)