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Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 01:18 PM Apr 2016

Fellow Sanders Voters: Remember That Bernie Has Benefited From Closed Caucuses

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2016/04/fellow-sanders-voters-remember-that.html

Again, the Rude Pundit has to state, for the record, that he threw his lot in with Bernie Sanders. But, for chrissake, get yer facts together, Bernie voters, or you just sound like you're crazy.

For instance, we love touting the many victories Sanders has and then we turn around and get all angry about how New York held a closed primary - that is, only registered Democrats could vote in it. So, sorry, independents, but go fuck yourselves. This has upset the Sanders side because they think that their candidate would have won an open primary in New York (and that's kind of a big leap).

But that whole discussion is undermined by your very support for Sanders and his victories elsewhere. Because, see, many of the states Sanders has won have held caucuses, not primaries. And those fuckers are almost always meant only for the party faithful. It's their fuckin' rules.


Minnesota's rules are fun: You gotta say that you've voted for a Democrat before and intend to vote for a Democrat coming up, but you don't have to be a registered Democrat. You can be thrown out if someone calls you a liar.
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Fellow Sanders Voters: Remember That Bernie Has Benefited From Closed Caucuses (Original Post) Blue_Adept Apr 2016 OP
That wasn't the case in Washington... not saying he's wrong, but I'd like examples. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #1
A caucus is also harder to steal, unless you can get the vote close. Skwmom Apr 2016 #2
 

lumberjack_jeff

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1. That wasn't the case in Washington... not saying he's wrong, but I'd like examples.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 01:54 PM
Apr 2016

In the Washington Caucus, anyone who participated simply checked a box that said "I consider myself a democrat". Is that a "closed caucus"?

In New York, the barrier to voting was much higher and arguably arbitrary.

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