Democratic Primaries

samnsara

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4. very few people go to caucuses so the % are based on the number of people who went to

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 10:16 PM

Mar 2020

..the local high school gym for 3 hours to argue the merits of their candidate and vote amongst their fellow precinct voters. Its a very grass roots andy of mayberry bob newhart vermonty bed n breakfast type of activity. But last election there was a lot of bullying and disruptions and our state voted to go to a primary...and we are all mail in so now we dont have to go anywhere to cast out vote 'cept to the maibox.

But i LOVED the caucuses. I will miss them.

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

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What's the diff between a caucus & a ballot vote? I don't mean physically, I mean Bernie won almost [View all] napi21 Mar 2020 OP

In a caucus younger people tend to show up drray23 Mar 2020 #1

yes that happened last time. Before that it was usually older folks who had been in.. samnsara Mar 2020 #7

The difference is more people get to vote bottomofthehill Mar 2020 #2

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #9

Bullies, peer pressure, multiple ballots. LisaM Mar 2020 #3

very few people go to caucuses so the % are based on the number of people who went to samnsara Mar 2020 #4

Activists are willing to show up and stay for the public voting in a traditional caucus brooklynite Mar 2020 #5

Yes, this is the reason. "True believers." question everything Mar 2020 #8

I think there were less than 30000 people at the Washington caucuses 4 years ago bottomofthehill Mar 2020 #6

Young folks don't vote like they should, but they are very social. Skid Rogue Mar 2020 #10

Caucuses are undemocratic, showblue22 Mar 2020 #11

No, the first three states were not caucuses. former9thward Mar 2020 #12

Caucuses involve a smaller number of only the most dedicated voters, thesquanderer Mar 2020 #13