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mahina

(17,679 posts)
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 04:44 PM Feb 2020

Iowa caucus, reaction, adjustment, NH primary, reaction, a

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Adjustment...

It makes no sense to have the primaries on different days. Our votes are changed by how people place in very unrepresentative communities. It’s a dumb system that isn’t designed for the present.

We should have all the primaries and caucuses on one day.

An aside, I bet you trump wouldn’t have won the GOP primary if we did.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Iowa caucus, reaction, adjustment, NH primary, reaction, a (Original Post) mahina Feb 2020 OP
Actually it does loyalsister Feb 2020 #1
I'm aware of that. I've volunteered too many caucuses to count mahina Feb 2020 #4
Early primaries should be representative of the electorate empedocles Feb 2020 #2
Absolutely loyalsister Feb 2020 #3
++ mahina Feb 2020 #5
 

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
1. Actually it does
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 04:49 PM
Feb 2020

If you familiarize yourself with election law, you will see that none of our elections are national. They are all administered by states and counties to suit local needs. States have different structures and governments that determine their electoral processes.
Republicans prefer more authoritarian rule. I prefer the Democratic model where people take their electoral responsibilities seriously.

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

mahina

(17,679 posts)
4. I'm aware of that. I've volunteered too many caucuses to count
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 06:05 PM
Feb 2020

Calling in the counts to the Obama campaign was unforgettable.

Participating in our district caucuses was a privilege.

I’ll try to familiarize myself,

Sometimes people thing liberals come off as pretentious and better-than. I’m going to work on staying in the light.

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

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
2. Early primaries should be representative of the electorate
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 04:50 PM
Feb 2020

Iowa is totally ridiculous

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

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
3. Absolutely
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 04:56 PM
Feb 2020

It's amazing that we are still trying to catch up to cultural shifts from the 20th century. White men are fighting hard to hang on to their original Constitutional endorsement/empowerment, at some point they are going to have to catch up.

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