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[Fearless]

1. Good luck with this strategy.

[Fearless]

4. That is false.

[JaneyVee]

2. Caucuses attract more extremes.

Its a long process for the truly dedicated. Primaries you go and cast your vote and get on with your day. But a win is a win. Im more a fan of primaries because caucuses seem chaotic and I like seeing raw numbers and vote totals.

[bigwillq]

5. I don't see anything wrong with any of the terminology

Listed above.

[hlthe2b]

8. Put it this way.. I participated in the Colorado caucuses yesterday...

While we had record numbers, it is nonetheless true that coming out to a primary is time-consuming and inconvenient enough (that most realize) that only the most motivated/dedicated supporters attend. While this same trend affects primary turn-out to a degree, the impact and subsequent bias with caucuses makes it hard to extrapolate results to the entire population of probable general election Democratic voters for the state. Still, one can get a good picture of how the states' nominating delegates might vote prior to the state and later national Democratic convention, assuming that the delegates are true to the candidate for whom they agreed to vote.

At my caucus, we were asked to suggest resolutions to be sent up for consideration to the state democratic convention. Among those most popular was to return to a primary system. I think that is telling, frankly.

Still, I think that regardless of total delegates won or primary versus caucus format, a win gives momentum and is meaningful.