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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 03:46 PM Mar 2016

There was no absentee ballots in ID and UT so that is why the margin was so big. HRC ROOM


In NE Sanders won the caucuses but by smaller margins because Hillary's team did a good job st getting her supporter to vote absentee.


The Washington State caucus does have absentee ballots but Hawaii does not. Hillary's campaign has been getting people in WA to vote absentee.
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There was no absentee ballots in ID and UT so that is why the margin was so big. HRC ROOM (Original Post) hrmjustin Mar 2016 OP
I voted by mail-in ballot in Florida shenmue Mar 2016 #1
In caucus states DURHAM D Mar 2016 #2
Caucuses need to be abolished. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #3
A lot of Bernie people agree...or at least they did about a month and a half ago... nt kjones Mar 2016 #9
They should be replaced with primaries SharonClark Mar 2016 #10
In Utah you can do it online? MattP Mar 2016 #4
Just the gop. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #5
Should be disabled,senior, or work exception for online MattP Mar 2016 #6
Washington State does allow for four exceptions LisaM Mar 2016 #7
These are states that she barely campaigned in at all Tarc Mar 2016 #8
Good to know, Justin.. Mahalo~ Hawaii doesn't have absentee ballots but we a Preferential Cha Mar 2016 #11

DURHAM D

(32,596 posts)
2. In caucus states
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 03:55 PM
Mar 2016

seniors, differently-abled, working people. people without cars, and single parents can't vote. Also, in some places the distance to the caucus location can be as much as an hour drive one-way and then you spend 3-6 hours in a room with angry nasty people.

Also, people who own small businesses won't caucus because they don't want their clients/neighbors to know they are Democrats if they are in a red state.



Most caucus states do not have absentee voting.



SharonClark

(10,005 posts)
10. They should be replaced with primaries
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:12 PM
Mar 2016

I'm in Iowa and caucuses are a joke. The county party has started a Caucus and Convention Improvement Committee and put a 24-year old in charge of it. I wrote the state party chair after the caucus about long lines, not enough volunteers, poor volunteer training, and running out of forms! How do you run out of forms when there were fewer participants than in 2008? Most of my friends, who have been attending the caucuses since Reagan, have said never again.

MattP

(3,304 posts)
6. Should be disabled,senior, or work exception for online
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 04:05 PM
Mar 2016

If you need to caucus online you should be able many people cant stand hours in line

LisaM

(27,762 posts)
7. Washington State does allow for four exceptions
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 04:07 PM
Mar 2016

1) work
2) disability (I assume this includes if you are a senior and it's too hard to get to a caucus site
3) religion
4) active military


I think that this list should include a few more reasons (the privacy concern cited above is one, pressure from peers or relatives to vote a certain way could be another), but really, they just need to get rid of caucuses. They are obsolete for a variety of reasons - you can't reasonably find a two-hour window when most people aren't working (now that we are a 24/7 society), and they've outlived their usefulness. We are becoming a country where the population is disproportionately congregated in cities. This leads to the scenarios we've seen for a couple of months, with huge lines of people in the large metropolitan areas forcing people to wait hours because you can only caucus during a short, set period of time.

I hope they consider home caregiving as "work" because I've heard a lot of concern from caregivers that they can't participate.

Tarc

(10,472 posts)
8. These are states that she barely campaigned in at all
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 04:34 PM
Mar 2016

Sometimes you have to let the little ones go in order to focus on the big picture. After all is said and done about the voting done on March 22, Sanders comes out on top with around 10-15 delegates, but he had to in effect "spend" 2 states to outdo Hill's one.

If you keep spending a buck fifty to make a buck, you know where that leads....

The cherry on top is that Sanders outspent Hillary in ad buys in AZ.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
11. Good to know, Justin.. Mahalo~ Hawaii doesn't have absentee ballots but we a Preferential
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:16 PM
Mar 2016

Poll like Arizona!

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