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Democratic Primaries

ehrnst

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21. Caucuses often result in a suppression or misrepresentation of the actual popular vote

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 08:48 AM

Feb 2020

and skews it in favor of the choice of the young, healthy and/or not dependent on an hourly wage job demographic.

Time for it to go... no matter which candidate it benefits.

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

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'You basically are nothing': the Americans shut out of the Iowa caucuses [View all] demmiblue Feb 2020 OP

Caucuses are bullshit. dalton99a Feb 2020 #1

Not limited to caucuses, right? Iowans with felony convictions barred from ALL elections, right? MH1 Feb 2020 #8

How the Democrats have not fought tooth and nail to get rid of these is beyond me. Autumn Feb 2020 #2

Sanders did best in caucuses 4 years ago.Without them...non-enitity brush Feb 2020 #6

Give it up. This is 2020 and Bernie is in it. Autumn Feb 2020 #7

Who said he's not in it? All I said was he does best in caucuses, not primaries. Google it. brush Feb 2020 #9

Sanders does do well with caucuses booley Feb 2020 #10

We disagree on where and with who my candidate does best. nt Autumn Feb 2020 #11

AMEN from a former primary voter shut out of the Iowa caucus JT45242 Feb 2020 #3

Democrats got rid of a lot of them this time showblue22 Feb 2020 #4

Aside from this, caucuses are inherently undemocratic, and should be banned tritsofme Feb 2020 #5

People who are incarcerated should have the right to vote in all elections. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #12

K&R Scurrilous Feb 2020 #13

That's what some of us have been saying.. Cha Feb 2020 #14

A year ago they planned 6 days of on-line "virtual" caucusing. Hortensis Feb 2020 #15

Kick! Cha Feb 2020 #16

#EndCaucusesNow NurseJackie Feb 2020 #17

This article is excellent. Cha Feb 2020 #18

We've seen how bellicose supporters can also BULLY and INTIMIDATE people... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #19

It is unreal.. I hate the UnDemocratic caucuses. Cha Feb 2020 #20

Caucuses often result in a suppression or misrepresentation of the actual popular vote ehrnst Feb 2020 #21

Absolutely. Cha Feb 2020 #22

Regardless of who you support BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #23

K Cha Feb 2020 #24