2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We Should Only Let Democrats Choose Our Nominee [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)BS about the DNC tipping the scale. The emails "proved" nothing other than some staffers speculating about things - not what actually happened.
True, it is up to the state authorities to decide whether there will be caucuses or primaries. But caucuses have generally been superseded by just about everything in contemporary life and states should be encouraged to revisit them.
It is very clear what the Democratic Party stands for. It stands for civil rights and liberties for ALL US citizens, regardless of race, gender, sexual preference, religion (or not), national origin, etc. The Republican party stands for the wealthy and large corporations (mom-and-pop businesses, not so much). That is the shorthand version. But it is the most important.
If you haven't yet figured that out, then you have a LONG way to go before you will be knowledgeable about US politics or political parties.
Frankly, as someone who has the great good fortune to reside part-time in a very blue area of a very blue state (MD) and specifically chose to live in that area BECAUSE the community values diversity and also to reside most of the time in the Greater Geneva region of Switzerland where there is international diversity on a scale rarely found in the rest of the world, I am getting sick and tired of while males/females whining about how THEY are somehow being left behind by the Democratic Party.
Those who have never joined and who expect Dems to "woo" them other than by the very ideals we practice/stand for will be waiting a LONG time. Hillary reached her heart out and those pissant while males/females who "want to be wooed" voted for Trump and did so to spite her. F**k every single one of them!