2016 Postmortem

SheilaT

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10. I love caucuses.

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 02:36 AM

Oct 2015

I have lived in two caucus states, and in both places I got to be a delegate to the state convention. Alas, I didn't get beyond that point, but in a primary state I'd have simply cast my vote and that would be that. I really like the give and take of a caucus.

I do recognize that participating in a caucus can be harder, because the time frame is even more limited than in a primary, but there could probably be some way of working around that.

I would love someday to be a delegate to the national convention, and that will never happen in a primary state because I'm not sufficiently connected to the party insiders.

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Can we get rid of caucuses? [View all] BlueCheese Oct 2015 OP

Good luck telling Iowa that. elleng Oct 2015 #1

They can still go first, if they insist. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #3

NH would fight like bloody murder to maintain the FIRST PRIMARY! elleng Oct 2015 #5

Okay, here's a compromise. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #6

I won't disagree with you on the merits, elleng Oct 2015 #8

I know. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #11

North Carolina has the lowest union membership rate in the country and dropping Fumesucker Oct 2015 #23

I and Hillary would agree with you yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #2

Maybe. It's true Obama did a lot better in caucuses, but he won his fair share of primaries too. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #4

I felt very traumatized by my first caucus. I felt bullied. Between the corruption of the two liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #7

Yes, it'd be like the worst of Internet message boards, but in real life, with your neighbors! BlueCheese Oct 2015 #9

You said it. Caucuses do feel like internet message boards only in person. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #12

I imagine that anyone who's shy or an introvert would sufrommich Oct 2015 #27

I love caucuses. SheilaT Oct 2015 #10

That does sound like fun. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #13

Maybe there should be a series of caucuses over a twenty-four hour period. SheilaT Oct 2015 #15

I know another person who watched the kids in 2008 while her husband went to the caucus. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #16

Do the IA caucuses actually have lower turnout rates? HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #32

That's probably a function of when they vote. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #38

And I hope you get to be a delegate someday. :) BlueCheese Oct 2015 #14

I'm glad you have had more positive caucus experiences than I have had. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #18

I'd be willing to bet that the people who work the night shift can't sufrommich Oct 2015 #28

People who work the night shift, SheilaT Oct 2015 #30

I worked afternoons for 10 years. It's a whole different life than sufrommich Oct 2015 #34

Yep. Especially if you always work holidays SheilaT Oct 2015 #35

I hear ya! nt sufrommich Oct 2015 #36

okay what the hell is this shit? I wanted to research whether WA would still have both liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #17

I remember in 2008... BlueCheese Oct 2015 #19

And that's exactly what the party leaders want. Between this and the suppression of liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #20

When we get rid of the electoral college. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #21

Yes. I've been threatening for years not to bother SheilaT Oct 2015 #31

That would be terrific too. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #39

No Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #22

Does this benefit Hillary or Sanders in Iowa? DCBob Oct 2015 #24

It's suppresses the vote. I can't imagine how anyone who supports sufrommich Oct 2015 #25

I would not want to go through the caucuse process. bigwillq Oct 2015 #26

Oregon Primary vote by mail, 2008. 71.8% of eligible voters registered, 58.3% voted in the Primary. Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #29

That sounds like a great system. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #37

I'd like to see election day moved to a Saturday and made a national holiday. NurseJackie Oct 2015 #33

Caucuses need to go yesterday. They are highly un-democratic, don't respect the secret ballot tritsofme Oct 2015 #40