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Democratic Primaries

Wounded Bear

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21. Caucuses work in small communities and small groups...

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 08:35 PM

Feb 2020

not really appropriate for large populated states. All states should go to elections.

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

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The Nevada caucuses are a corrupt spectacle [View all] Zorro Feb 2020 OP

KR!!! Cha Feb 2020 #1

K&R musette_sf Feb 2020 #2

Another clusterfuck. dalton99a Feb 2020 #3

Caucuses are undemocratic. Caucuses disenfranchise. Without a secret ballot... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #4

Peer pressure should have no place in voting. madinmaryland Feb 2020 #5

More than mere peer pressure the, um, "enthusiastic" bullies intimidate others as well... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #17

Which campaign would encourage its backers to employ such tactics? oasis Feb 2020 #6

The great campaign of the great man dalton99a Feb 2020 #7

"Peer pressure should have no place in voting"-- Indeed hlthe2b Feb 2020 #8

I know, I understand, if your chosen candidate had been the winner you would not have posted this Perseus Feb 2020 #9

No you don't understand Zorro Feb 2020 #10

This has nothing to do with Bernie Sanders, caucuses are undemocratic. Only about 10% octoberlib Feb 2020 #20

I don't like them either but it is what we have and because we don't like them we need to start Perseus Feb 2020 #31

I'm for BERNIE James48 Feb 2020 #11

K&R Firebrand Gary Feb 2020 #12

We need to boot the caucus thing completely. paleotn Feb 2020 #13

Yes, the way the Nevada caucus was run is very unfair. From what I read on the process, the early iluvtennis Feb 2020 #14

Primaries with ranked voting. I wouldn't mind ranked voting for the general, either. n/t MrModerate Feb 2020 #15

Ranked preference voting is a great idea and a way to get more ideological diversity Amishman Feb 2020 #34

In the best-of-all-possible-worlds... MrModerate Feb 2020 #35

Washington had both a caucus and a primary in 2016. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #16

Only when all party members have a chance to participate is it a fair exercise. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #18

Exactly. nt SunSeeker Feb 2020 #24

+10 nt reACTIONary Feb 2020 #29

I thought 80,000 people voted early! B Stieg Feb 2020 #19

Caucuses work in small communities and small groups... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #21

Caucus rules were agreed to by all prior to the election berni_mccoy Feb 2020 #22

It's not any particular set of rules that is the problem, it's ... reACTIONary Feb 2020 #30

Closed primaries only! Enough with the ratfucking and vote suppressing chaos! SunSeeker Feb 2020 #23

You're right about caucuses. PatrickforO Feb 2020 #25

Caucuses have long outlived their usefulness and relevance dlk Feb 2020 #26

the pressure on caucuses to report in the whirlwind news cycle is part of the problem Kurt V. Feb 2020 #27

I Certainly Don't Trust Them Me. Feb 2020 #28

Take a deep breath -- There are some redeeming values to the Caucus process mike507 Feb 2020 #32

Thanks for your helpful report. Was anonymity preserved scipan Feb 2020 #33