Democratic Primaries

James48

(4,440 posts) Tue Feb 4, 2020, 11:26 AM Feb 2020

Should Caucuses be banned?

Good question- WHY do caucuses, when a primary ballot would work?

If you are looking for “who should be if your person isn’t viable?” , what about rank-choice-voting?

Surely an actual ballot would be better, in my mind, after seeing this fiasco.

What do YOU think?

Should caucuses be banned ?

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	Ban the Caucus, Switch to conventional primary single-choice ballot
	10 (56%)
	Switch to Rank-Choice Voting
	8 (44%)
	Break out the Precinct Ouija Board
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	Flip a damn coin
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Should Caucuses be banned? (Original Post) James48 Feb 2020 OP

Even more important... Bayard Feb 2020 #1

Yes RandySF Feb 2020 #2

Get rid of caucuses and get rid of first-past-the-post Saviolo Feb 2020 #3

There are zero good reasons to keep these undemocratic and exclusionary monstrosities. tritsofme Feb 2020 #4

Ranked choice voting please. nt redqueen Feb 2020 #5

Bayard

(22,128 posts)

1. Even more important...

Reply to James48 (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 11:33 AM

Feb 2020

Get rid of the electoral college. Its stolen two fine presidents elected by the people now.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

RandySF

(59,167 posts)

2. Yes

Reply to James48 (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 11:39 AM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Saviolo

(3,283 posts)

3. Get rid of caucuses and get rid of first-past-the-post

Reply to James48 (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 11:46 AM

Feb 2020

It is long past time for more methods of election that represent more of the people. FPTP is not an effective system. There are tons of more effective voting systems that could be applied.