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rurallib

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4. I have been a caucus goer since the '80s

Reply to Bettie (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 04:18 PM

Mar 2023

even ran a few. I am not at all sad to see the caucuses go.

As for being cut out, well now we are in the same boat as much of the rest of the country. I have felt for a long time that the Democratic Party needs to organize preference primaries to be held in stages around the country.

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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