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Democratic Primaries

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1. With all due respect, caucuses are are exclusionary and restrict...

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 12:55 PM

Dec 2019

participation by voters who may have to work, attend class, do homecare or other duties during the 3-5 hours one has to devote to attending a caucus.

Primaries are much more inclusive as the polls are open all day which allows voters to schedule their time to vote before work or class, during lunch hour or after work.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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I have to have a candidate committed to me as much as I am committed to them! [View all] Peacetrain Dec 2019 OP

With all due respect, caucuses are are exclusionary and restrict... brush Dec 2019 #1

Also you can vote absentee PatSeg Dec 2019 #2

Yes, another reason to switch to primaries. brush Dec 2019 #4

Here is a question for you.. Peacetrain Dec 2019 #5

That's mostly an appocryphal story that rarely if ever... brush Dec 2019 #6

22 closed. 17 open, the rest modified primaries Peacetrain Dec 2019 #7

And what if they do, which I doubt is nowhere near widespread? brush Dec 2019 #8

I'm more about having a candidate who supports policies I can agree with. MineralMan Dec 2019 #3