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betsuni

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:29 AM Jan 2020

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) betsuni Jan 2020 OP
Iowa caucus should be abolished NYMinute Jan 2020 #1
Yes Wabbajack_ Jan 2020 #2
of course it is, and has been for a while wyldwolf Jan 2020 #3
Absolutely! redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #4
Ideally the first states to vote would be the swingers. Amimnoch Jan 2020 #5
Yep Quixote1818 Jan 2020 #7
Of course it is! Happy Hoosier Jan 2020 #6
Yes, indeed it is. MineralMan Jan 2020 #8
Yes! All Caucuses should be replaced by Primaries Dem4Life1102 Jan 2020 #9
I hope so. Cha Jan 2020 #10
 

NYMinute

(3,256 posts)
1. Iowa caucus should be abolished
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:35 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Wabbajack_

(1,300 posts)
2. Yes
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:38 AM
Jan 2020

And there should be a national primary, some states voting ahead of others is not equitable.

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

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)
3. of course it is, and has been for a while
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:50 AM
Jan 2020

Democrats in Iowa are considerably more liberal, more affluent, and more white than the Democratic electorate at large. And the caucus system is patently unfair. For that state, using that system, to have so much (alleged) influence is absurd.

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

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
4. Absolutely!
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:48 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
5. Ideally the first states to vote would be the swingers.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 09:06 AM
Jan 2020

let everyone see who has the strongest chance of taking it home right out the starting gate.

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

Quixote1818

(28,919 posts)
7. Yep
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 10:54 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Happy Hoosier

(7,221 posts)
6. Of course it is!
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 09:42 AM
Jan 2020

It is an unrepresentative state and an anti-democratic process.

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

MineralMan

(146,262 posts)
8. Yes, indeed it is.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:47 AM
Jan 2020

This is the last presidential election year where Iowa will even pretend to matter.

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

Dem4Life1102

(3,974 posts)
9. Yes! All Caucuses should be replaced by Primaries
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:10 PM
Jan 2020

Far more democratic.

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

Cha

(296,875 posts)
10. I hope so.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 03:40 PM
Jan 2020

Mahalo, betsuni

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