2016 Postmortem

Liberalator

(74 posts) Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:02 AM Apr 2016

Democratic Primary Results by Type of Primary/Caucus

The Wikipedia Democratic Party Presidential Primaries 2016 site (21 Apr 2016):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016

The page breaks the Democratic primaries into 8 categories:
(1) Closed Primary (CP) (5) (Sanders 1 win; Clinton 4 wins)
(2) Semi-Closed Primary (SCP) (4) (Sanders 2 wins; Clinton 2 wins)
(3) Semi-Open Primary (SOP) (1) (Sanders 0 wins; Clinton 1 win)
(4) Open Primary (OP) (13) (Sanders 3 wins; Clinton 10 wins)
(5) Closed Caucus (CC) (9) (Sanders 6 wins; Clinton 3 wins)
(6) Semi-Closed Caucus (SCC)(1) (Sanders 1 win; Clinton 0 wins)
(7) Semi-Open Caucus (SOC) (2) (Sanders 1 win; Clinton 1 win)
(8) Open Caucus (OC) (3) (Sanders 3 wins; Clinton 0 wins)
Total: 38 (Sanders 17 wins; Clinton 21 wins)

Total Delegates:
Sanders: 1205
Clinton: 1446

Closed Primary:
Sanders: 237
Clinton: 363

Semi-Closed Primary:
Sanders: 128
Clinton: 132

Semi-Open Primary:
Sanders: 62
Clinton: 81

Open Primary:
Sanders: 441
Clinton: 678

Total Primaries:
Sanders: 868
Clinton: 1254

Total Closed/Semi-Closed Primaries:
Sanders: 365
Clinton: 495

Total Open/Semi-Open Primaries:
Sanders: 503
Clinton: 759

Closed Caucus:
Sanders: 134
Clinton: 92

Semi-Closed Caucus:
Sanders: 17
Clinton: 8

Semi-Open Caucus:
Sanders: 48
Clinton: 29

Open Caucus:
Sanders: 138
Clinton: 63

Total Caucuses:
Sanders: 337
Clinton: 192

Total Closed/Semi-Closed Caucuses:
Sanders: 151
Clinton: 100

Total Open/Semi-Open Caucuses:
Sanders: 186
Clinton: 92

Total Closed/Semi-Closed Primaries and Caucuses:
Sanders: 516
Clinton: 595

Total Open/Semi-Open Primaries and Caucuses:
Sanders: 689
Clinton: 851

Total Closed Primaries and Caucuses:
Sanders: 371
Clinton: 455

Total Open Primaries and Caucuses:
Sanders: 579
Clinton: 741

Total Primaries:
Sanders: 868
Clinton: 1254

Total Caucuses:
Sanders: 337
Clinton: 192

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Democratic Primary Results by Type of Primary/Caucus (Original Post) Liberalator Apr 2016 OP

Caucuses suppress voters participation especially with seniors and disabled. Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #1

Unfortunately true. Sadly, primaries are easier to rig. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2016 #2

Not as easy as caucuses, it is voter suppression all the way, two groups Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #6

I like the idea of mail-in ballots, but they need to be ranked or approval set-ups. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2016 #7

I should point out that the Iowa Democratic Caucus is classified incorrectly on the wikipedia page. stone space Apr 2016 #3

Iowa Dems Site: "must be registered as a Democrat—party registration is available on caucus night." Liberalator Apr 2016 #4

Yup. That's a closed caucus. Welcoming, but still 100% closed. stone space Apr 2016 #5

That's not the terminology. 100% closed offers no election day switching. Iowa allows election day Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #8

Requiring that caucus participants be registered as D makes it a closed caucus. stone space Apr 2016 #10

Open Primary (OP) (13) (Sanders 3 wins; Clinton 10 wins) DCBob Apr 2016 #9

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

1. Caucuses suppress voters participation especially with seniors and disabled.

Reply to Liberalator (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:06 AM

Apr 2016

GreenPartyVoter

(72,378 posts)

2. Unfortunately true. Sadly, primaries are easier to rig.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:28 AM

Apr 2016

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

6. Not as easy as caucuses, it is voter suppression all the way, two groups

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:56 AM

Apr 2016

Are excluded and to be honest workers who are not available to participate.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,378 posts)

7. I like the idea of mail-in ballots, but they need to be ranked or approval set-ups.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:59 AM

Apr 2016

Plurality voting in multi-candidate races needs to go away.

stone space

(6,498 posts)

3. I should point out that the Iowa Democratic Caucus is classified incorrectly on the wikipedia page.

Reply to Liberalator (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:36 AM

Apr 2016

The Iowa Democratic Caucus is a closed caucus, not a semi-open caucus.

We've had a closed caucus here as long as I can remember.

Liberalator

(74 posts)

4. Iowa Dems Site: "must be registered as a Democrat—party registration is available on caucus night."

Reply to stone space (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:49 AM

Apr 2016

http://iowademocrats.org/about-iowa-caucuses

Who can participate in the caucuses?

Any person who is eligible to vote in the state of Iowa and will be at least 18 years old on Election Day, November 8, 2016, may participate in the Iowa Caucuses. These Individuals must reside in the precinct in which they wish to participate, and they must be registered as a Democrat—party registration is available on caucus night.

stone space

(6,498 posts)

5. Yup. That's a closed caucus. Welcoming, but still 100% closed.

Reply to Liberalator (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:53 AM

Apr 2016

they must be registered as a Democrat—party registration is available on caucus night.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

8. That's not the terminology. 100% closed offers no election day switching. Iowa allows election day

Reply to stone space (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 08:34 AM

Apr 2016

Party switching. Not entirely closed. Remember the NY Primary cuts off Party switching 6 months prior to election day, the cut off is in the previous calendar year....Iowa's cut off is 'declare your Party before you vote'.

stone space

(6,498 posts)

10. Requiring that caucus participants be registered as D makes it a closed caucus.

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:05 AM

Apr 2016

That's what "closed caucus" means.

That you have to register as a Democrat to participate.

Remember the NY Primary cuts off Party switching 6 months prior to election day, the cut off is in the previous calendar year....Iowa's cut off is 'declare your Party before you vote'.

New York's rules for their closed primary have nothing to do with Iowa's rules for our closed caucus.

We use Iowa rules here. And our caucus is closed.

New York may be bigger than Iowa, but they don't get to define what a closed caucus is for us here in Iowa.

We've had our own closed caucuses here in Iowa under our own rules for some time, now.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)

9. Open Primary (OP) (13) (Sanders 3 wins; Clinton 10 wins)

Reply to Liberalator (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 08:49 AM

Apr 2016

Enough said.

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