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2016 Postmortem

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts) Sun Feb 21, 2016, 03:20 PM Feb 2016

The Caucus Cycle

1) Presidential election season begins

2) A Caucus is held where a candidate needs to win to continue or establish momentum.

3) A hue and cry arises about how unfair, undemocratic, and a fiasco caucuses are, typically by the losing side.

4) A demand that the caucus system be reformed arises.

5) About four years pass.

6) Goto 1)