Congratulations to Bernie and his people, but...

[KitSileya]

6. Not nearly as democratic is an understatement.

I simply can't fathom that there isn't a big movement against them on the left considering how they disenfranchise people. The Guardian reported in 2012 that in the 11 first states of the Republican nomination contest, of 6 caucuses and 5 primaries, the participation of registered voters was 6.5% and 52.8%* respectively. That's such a massive difference it is very worrying.

Caucuses should be done away with. They were designed for a specific group of people: rich, privileged, white men. They were designed to keep undesirables from participating. Today, the vote has been extended to the population at large, and as such, keeping with the extremely outmoded caucus model is a blemish on the Republic.


*I've misstated that as 51.3% before, but I went back to the article.