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If we eliminate Super Delegates we should eliminate caucuses too !!! (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 OP
K&R stonecutter357 Apr 2018 #1
Or we could keep super delegates.... NCTraveler Apr 2018 #2
I'm with you! tonyt53 Apr 2018 #8
We should eliminate open primaries also Fresh_Start Apr 2018 #3
BINGO!!! tonyt53 Apr 2018 #9
Yep. musette_sf Apr 2018 #14
Yes, we should eliminate the intimidation factor and corruption factor R B Garr Apr 2018 #4
Absolutely. Standardize primaries. marble falls Apr 2018 #5
ABSOLUTELY leftynyc Apr 2018 #6
I agree with eliminating caucuses at all but the most local levels Tom Rinaldo Apr 2018 #7
Who is "we"? Jim Lane Apr 2018 #10
caucuses should definitely go; let's trust the voters. nt TheFrenchRazor Apr 2018 #11
I want to rid of caucuses no matter what Gothmog Apr 2018 #12
K&R Scurrilous Apr 2018 #13
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
2. Or we could keep super delegates....
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 11:10 AM
Apr 2018

And help the states transition away from caucuses.

I'm not in the mood to negotiate with Turner and the like.

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
3. We should eliminate open primaries also
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 11:12 AM
Apr 2018

is you want to vote in the democratic primary...register as a democrat

R B Garr

(16,993 posts)
4. Yes, we should eliminate the intimidation factor and corruption factor
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 11:13 AM
Apr 2018

of the caucuses. It is corrupt to bully people.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,917 posts)
7. I agree with eliminating caucuses at all but the most local levels
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 11:25 AM
Apr 2018

I was Chair of our local Democratic Committee until recently and townships in our region use caucuses for parties to nominate candidates for local Town offices. There are only several hundred registered Democrats in our town to begin with, the expense of paying for an actual Town primary would be a real burden locally. But at least when we run a local caucus the balloting is secret, none of that stand with the group supporting candidate A or B nonsense.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
10. Who is "we"?
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 06:00 PM
Apr 2018

The DNC can easily eliminate the superdelegate rule.

The DNC cannot force any state to expend public funds to hold a primary. All the DNC could do would be to refuse to seat convention delegates chosen by any means other than a primary. In the many states under complete GOP control, the Republicans would be happy to preserve their caucuses, or perhaps even eliminate their primary and switch to a caucus system. They could then tell the voters "The Democrats wouldn't admit anyone from our great state to their convention, but we Republicans welcomed your representatives."

The same goes for the rules governing eligibility to vote in a primary. The rules are set by the state legislatures. There are, IIRC, a couple states where the legislature has chosen to delegate that decision to the parties, but that's the exception. The DNC couldn't mandate closed primaries (or, for that matter, mandate open primaries) except through the blunt instrument of refusing to seat delegates from states that didn't bend to its will.

Gothmog

(145,631 posts)
12. I want to rid of caucuses no matter what
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 07:46 PM
Apr 2018

Texas used to have the Texas two step which was a combination primary and caucus where 2/3rds of the delegates were allocated by the primary and one-third by caucus. Hillary Clinton won the primary portion in 2008 but lost the caucus portion with President Obama getting the most Texas delegates

Texas had to give up the Texas two step in 2016 and I do not miss caucuses. Caucuses are very undemocratic

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