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frazzled

(18,402 posts)
7. The caucus system is "outdated" and should be eliminated
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 05:22 PM
Dec 2016

It's even more undemocratic than the electoral college, and states should follow Minnesota in switching to a primary system. Take this faithless elector's inane statement:

Among the Democratic faithless electors was David Mulinix, of Hawaii, who cast his vote for Bernie Sanders instead of Hillary Clinton. He said he believes the Electoral College is “outdated,” according to Hawaii News Now

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/which-candidates-did-the-seven-faithless-electors-support-election-2016/


No David, you are outdated, and an idiot.

This year's Democratic caucuses were predominantly bully sessions in which non-Democrats shouted, yelled, and intimidated, while ordinary people who had jobs or children to watch or other problems showing up at an evening meeting were unable to vote their preference at all. Check the turnout in caucus state primaries: it's minuscule compared to primary state participation.

And a handful of these snarky little uninformed "electors" who were chosen on the basis of these meetings continued their game-playing by voting against the Democratic nominee. I know it wouldn't have made a difference, but it points out the idiocy and unseriousness of these people. They never would have made it to elector status had it not been for the caucuses.


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