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bottomofthehill

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6. I think there were less than 30000 people at the Washington caucuses 4 years ago

Reply to napi21 (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 10:24 PM

Mar 2020

With just 50 percent in, over 700,000 people have voted. There will be well over 1,000,000 people who actually vote and Joe Biden will win the majority of them.

Actually having elections matter. Caucuses are not democratic.

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