In the limited caucusing I've done (having not lived in a caucus state for long), the atmosphere was kind of like a big, fun party. Friendly people mixing it up in all directions. Not too easy to "keep track' of anyone.
But even if it were a small and calm group, it would be easy to astroturf. Even if you had no real intention of supporting a group, you can simply start there with them, then always move to another group later.
An HRH astroturfer would start with MOM, then either stay there with them or move to the HRH group, depending on how the numbers are working out. Presumably they won't be wearing all their "move to the right" logo'ed gear, so it would not be obvious.
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The whole point of having a caucus is that you have the chance to try to persuade people to move from another group into your group. You start at your own group, but then you're encouraged to go over to the other groups to talk them into joining your group. The goal is to be persuasive, so of course you're going to do it by being friendly, not by bad-mouthing their chosen candidate. To me, it feels like a big party game, hence the somewhat party atmosphere.
But to have people moving around is common. And especially with MOM only being in the single digits, you'll see a lot of it within his group. He needs to be at 15% to qualify, so (afaik) if he's less than that in the given room, he's not considered viable. Those people would instead need to choose one of the remaining viable candidates.
Which is the whole point of this strategy. The HRH supporters "lend" themselves out to MOM, if needed to keep him viable, in order to keep the real MOM supporters from otherwise moving to Bernie and giving him the win.
It's a workable strategy if MOM is only down by a few bodies. But if he's down by say, 5-10%, then that is likely to be a lot more than what the HRH can afford to "loan out".
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