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Iowa

bottomofthehill

(8,861 posts)

1. I am ok with it.

Reply to Bettie (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2023, 03:58 PM

Mar 2023

There is time to pass new legislation and make Iowa a democratic state. There is nothing democratic about a caucus. They are designed to exclude instead of include people. I don’t care if they want an early election, but caucuses are just awful, coercive, disorganized, not evenly applied and way too narrow in time.

BTW, I would be pissed if I lived there and my vote did not count so I get the point of the question, but caucuses are the worst way to “pick” someone.

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Caucuses and delegates [View all] Bettie Mar 2023 OP

I am ok with it. bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #1

I don't like having a red state play a major role in choosing the Democratic nominee. NNadir Mar 2023 #2

Iowa up until about a decade ago was pretty much 50/50 rurallib Mar 2023 #3

The candidate selected in S. Carolina will be the choice NNadir Mar 2023 #5

I agree but you said Iowa was a really red state. So is South Carolina. rurallib Mar 2023 #7

Well, at the risk of sounding like a bigot, I'm not interested I'm the... NNadir Mar 2023 #8

I have been a caucus goer since the '80s rurallib Mar 2023 #4

Yeah, but what I meant by being cut out entirely Bettie Mar 2023 #6