Hash tag NO CAUCUSES! Caucuses equal DEMS BASE VOTER SUPPRESSION.

[aquamarina]

109. No,not really.

I can only speak for California (and other states may be different) but this is the voter breakdown by numbers here. And as you can see more than 20% of the voting population is unaffiliated in this state so if I was one of the major parties in California I would be damned interested in what the 20.9% of the voting population is interested in. This is a huge swing that more than bridges the difference between Rs and Ds.

Entire state
Total population 36,969,200
Registered voters 18,055,783 48.8%
Democratic 7,932,373 43.9%
Republican 5,225,675 28.9%
No party preference 3,766,457 20.9%

Independent 476,157 2.6%
Green 112,973 0.6%
Libertarian 109,636 0.6%
Peace and Freedom 61,612 0.3%
Americans Elect 3,417 0.0%
Other 367,483 2.0%