2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumYou know what Nevada confirms for me? Caucuses are stupid.
If the idiocy in rounds 1, 2 and 3 of this caucus doesn't cause the state to go to a primary next election season, then shame on them.
Metric System
(6,048 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)However, this chicanery by the Dem party at the NV caucus is still problematic for this cycle. Saying "well, next time..." doesn't really mean anything. It is kicking the can down the road.
Demsrule86
(68,735 posts)Democrats pick their nominee...you want to participate...join at the proper time. Look at operation chaos in WVA...and now Oregon.
Demsrule86
(68,735 posts)No GOP mischief like in WVA and soon Oregon.
RazBerryBeret
(3,075 posts)it's like a third world country or something...
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)and don't have children or elderly parents to tend to.
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)If the parties declare that they are private organizations
and only want their members to vote in these preselections,
then they have to pay for it. That means caucus.
If you want primaries, which are paid for by the state's
taxes, then they have to be open to everyone.
I am for the latter, but again there is your choice.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt
Godhumor
(6,437 posts)dsc
(52,172 posts)and so did Hispanics who until then had no influence over the first contests.
MineralMan
(146,341 posts)Starting in 2020, presidential party primaries will replace caucuses. We've all had enough of a few partisan zealots controlling who gets our delegates.
Maru Kitteh
(28,344 posts)I'm in favor of getting rid of superdelegates too but that's a different subject altogether.
MineralMan
(146,341 posts)In MN, I'm sure it would have.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)How Sanders scared the party so much they dropped all pretense of being a fair and honest institution and exposed how corrupt they really are.