Caucases

[backabby-blue]

If we want to beat Bernie we have to make sure to get our people to their caucuses and be prepared to be just as aggressive.

[rampartc]

1. i'm sure bernie's supporters feel the same way

caucuses are a pretty inefficient way to choose a candidate. the more primaries the better.

a real danger of an unopposed trump is that magats will register as democrats to choose a candidate for us.

[Sherman A1]

2. Perhaps

We don’t want to beat Bernie. Then what would be your advice?

[bottomofthehill]

3. bad for democracy

It is bad enough that states do not have a somewhat uniform hours to vote ( think if each state had polls open from 6 am to 8 pm, how many more people could vote) and not enough locations, but throw in the chaos of a caucus you have a very undemocratic process.

[honest.abe]

4. Caucuses are outdated and bad for democracy.

Im not sure why we still have them.

Here is a good article about the issue from the Boston Globe:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2016/03/14/state-caucuses-seem-downright-undemocratic/afC0tuW4Szoj4VsJeuPRuI/story.html

[democratisphere]

5. Primary voting should be the only method for deciding a Presidential

Candidate. Caucuses can easily be rigged with peer influence.

[Autumn]

6. Caucases are undemocratic and disenfranchise those who struggle. Bernie won ours hands down.

It was beautiful.

[MuseRider]

7. Same here.

Every caucus in my city went heavily for Bernie. The state was heavily for Bernie.

I hate the caucuses but our state was bankrupted for so long by Brownback and the Republicans who are still in the legislature pushing those same economic policies that switching is not likely to happen. It costs money to change from a caucus to an election and that is one thing we simply do not have is money.

Maybe someday.

[KitSileya]

9. How can undemocratic and disenfranchising caucuses be beautiful?

Do you find beauty in marginalized groups being unable to participate in the party's search for a nominee?

[Cha]

10. Yeah, that's what i

was wondering?!

Good Grief.. It just sounds Undemocratic.

And, a lot states are getting rid of caucuses for 2020.. now that's beautiful!

[Autumn]

11. As in life, most things are not black and white, both are true. Don't presume to put words or

your opinion in my mouth. Caucuses are undemocratic and disenfranchising. That's a fact. They silence the voices of those who need representation for their issues the most.

The fact that Bernie won our caucus was beautiful. In 08 these people would never have gone for a progressive or gasp...a socialist. Obama was too far to the left for most in our precinct.

[tritsofme]

8. Caucuses are terribly undemocratic, they really ought to be banned

A system that disenfranchises working people and does not respect the secret ballot has no place in the Democratic nomination process.