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Democratic Primaries

Perseus

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31. I don't like them either but it is what we have and because we don't like them we need to start

Reply to octoberlib (Reply #20)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 11:04 PM

Feb 2020

yelling for change, the same with the Electoral College.

And one thing that should be doing is to wake people up, if they don't like the winner then they need to make sure the show up to the upcoming ones and decide for a new winner.

I see your point. Thank you.

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

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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