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Gold Member
I think State Caucus's are really the worst form of disenfranchisement of the voter that exists. If it were up to me I would have them all eliminated--and just go with a primary ballot to select the nominee of each state.
A typical caucus is held at 7 P.M. on a Tuesday night--where you can sit for hours prior to casting a vote for the candidate of your choice. Here we have parents with kids--that are home cooking dinner--taking care of kids and getting them and themselves ready for the next work and school day. IOW--they're not showing up to cast a vote. Then we have the elderly that will not go out on a cold night to cast a vote.
So a typical caucus is going to have a minut minority of the party casting a vote--that is supposed to represent the entire state. The ones that are going to show up at a caucus are going to be the extreme right or left of the Republican or Democrat party--which in no way represents the majority of the parties wishes in that state, in most cases. The other reason is that a caucus costs a lot of money for a few people to cast a vote.
All states should have a PRIMARY--with several days of voting--in order to allow everyone wanting to vote--get the opportunity to vote for their candidate of choice. In that way we get a very clear picture of the majorities choice of candidate.
Why we tolerate caucus's anymore makes no sense what-so-ever.
A typical caucus is held at 7 P.M. on a Tuesday night--where you can sit for hours prior to casting a vote for the candidate of your choice. Here we have parents with kids--that are home cooking dinner--taking care of kids and getting them and themselves ready for the next work and school day. IOW--they're not showing up to cast a vote. Then we have the elderly that will not go out on a cold night to cast a vote.
So a typical caucus is going to have a minut minority of the party casting a vote--that is supposed to represent the entire state. The ones that are going to show up at a caucus are going to be the extreme right or left of the Republican or Democrat party--which in no way represents the majority of the parties wishes in that state, in most cases. The other reason is that a caucus costs a lot of money for a few people to cast a vote.
All states should have a PRIMARY--with several days of voting--in order to allow everyone wanting to vote--get the opportunity to vote for their candidate of choice. In that way we get a very clear picture of the majorities choice of candidate.
Why we tolerate caucus's anymore makes no sense what-so-ever.
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