IOWA CAUCUS RESULTS Republican 97% of precincts reporting Bush 41% Forbes 30% Keyes 14% Bauer 9% McCain 5% Hatch 1% Democrats 98% of precincts reporting Gore 63% Bradley 35% Percentages will not necessarily add to 100. MORE COVERAGE FROM THE GLOBE Bush, Gore wrap up Iowa The votes tell the contentment Lesson of Iowa: Counterattack quickly Candidates have one goal remaining: closing the deal Tight-three way race in New Hampshire envisioned Gore plays it cool and girds for battle Hatch to announce he's quitting race Small-town USA sees big time turnout at polls On the road in N.H., McCain dismisses Iowa Sharing quarters, but ever so briefly EARLIER NEWS Gore, Bush easy winners of Iowa caucuses Voters say Bush best choice on moral values, can win in November Democrats: Iowa picks fighter Gore over Bradley's fresh start Republicans: Bush aims to use caucus victory to set up showdown with McCain Fiery Keyes gets strong caucus support Down-home politics shape Iowa Iowa's only the first step in picking nominee With a final flury, candidates focus on turnout Former president waits nervously as son competes in Iowa caucuses After Iowa: On to New Hampshire ABOUT THE CAUCUSES How Iowa caucuses work Why they are important ABOUT IOWA Population: 2.85 million. Registered voters: 1.8 million -- 36 percent unaffiliated, 32 percent Republican, 31 percent Democrat. Percentage of voters attending GOP caucuses in 1996: 17 percent. Race: 97 percent white. 2 percent black. 1 percent Asian. 2 percent Hispanic origin. Median age: 36.3. Median household income: $33,877. Poverty rate: 9.4 percent. Unemployment rate: 2.7 percent. Abortions: 9.8 per 1,000 women in 1995, compared with the national average of 22.9 per 1,000. 1996 vote: 50 percent Clinton; 40 percent Dole; 9 percent Perot. Average life span: 77 years, compared with the U.S. average of 75. Housing: Just over 72 percent of Iowans own their own homes, national average 66.3 percent. Crime rate: 3,816 victims per 100,000 people in 1997, vs. national average of 4,923. Tax burden: On a per-person basis, Iowa paid $4,530 in federal taxes in 1997 and got back $4,661 in federal spending.

"He's so nervous about the caucuses, he called me last night," the GOP presidential front-runner told a voter Saturday in Cedar Rapids about the former president.

After a Sunday talk-show appearance, Bush explained that former President Bush had called from his home in Houston, where he has lived since losing to Bill Clinton in 1992.

"He wished me all the best," George W. said. "He knows exactly what I'm going through. Anybody who's ever run for office understands full well the anticipation of the vote. I explained to him that I feel we had good intensity in the state of Iowa."

Bush recalled being in Iowa in 1980, when his father first ran for president and won the caucuses with 32 percent of the vote. He ultimately lost the nomination to Ronald Reagan, under whom Bush would later serve as vice president for two terms.

In 1988, the elder Bush placed third in the caucuses, behind former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and evangelist Pat Robertson. Nonetheless, he went on to win the nomination and later the general election over Democrat Michael S. Dukakis.

"I was here in 1980, when George Bush surged out of nowhere to win first place. I was here in 1988, when I got to explain to the country why coming in third place was good," George W., the Texas governor, said with a chuckle. "I think there was a palpable difference in enthusiasm and intensity."

Bush said he told his father that "our team is fired up."

"There seems to be intensity at our rallies," George W. said. "But I put out the cautionary note to him like I am to you all, that nothing really matters until the actual vote is taken."

Later in the day, after an appearance in Mason City, Bush joined in a brief pickup basketball game with some students from Northern Iowa Area Area Community College.

He took off his coat and tucked in his tie, but stayed with the black cowboy boots.

After several minutes in which he made one of four shots from the field, Bush broke away to return to Des Moine for the night. He said he generally no longer plays such pickup games because "it turns into full-court karate."