tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531135336389622338.post4390675367229047579..comments2023-06-23T02:23:57.204-06:00Comments on Keen Observer of the Human Condition: Went to Caucus, Came Home a DelegateTheWeyrd1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15064826219629525527noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531135336389622338.post-11750250405722697202008-02-06T08:29:00.000-07:002008-02-06T08:29:00.000-07:00Red...Web's state just had regular primaries. She...Red...Web's state just had regular primaries. She was attempting to extrapolate what would have happened there if they had a caucus instead of primaries. But actually, based on my 3 statistics classes, I'm betting the number of delegates would have ended up about the same percentage wise because no matter who took the popular vote most states divide the delegates up by percentage of the vote. However, that said, I think the caucus system is favoring Obama right now because so many young people are involved in the grassroots movement to get him elected and a caucus is very much a grassroots kind of political process, not to mention more of a peer pressure thing.TheWeyrd1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15064826219629525527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531135336389622338.post-82614449883725968012008-02-06T08:14:00.000-07:002008-02-06T08:14:00.000-07:00Wow, Websketch, your state is f'ed up! Are you su...Wow, Websketch, your state is f'ed up! Are you sure those are the rules? I'm registered independent, and that means I can vote in either primary, I get to choose. I can't believe independent's just don't get to vote! That's insane! <BR/>Wow weyrd 1, that sounds grueling, but interesting. I think I would like to experience that kind of pain maybe just once, to see how it all really works.RED MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724459820113337438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531135336389622338.post-47769320912051398642008-02-06T08:04:00.000-07:002008-02-06T08:04:00.000-07:00The caucus does not have anything to to do with vo...The caucus does not have anything to to do with voting in November. It's just the way some states divide up the delegates to the state assemblies where the party's candidate is actually nominated (the primaries serve the same purpose, but without the peer pressure option). Also if someone wants to run as an independent they WILL be on the November ballot as long as they meet each state's requirements for being on the ballot. So come November the WHOLE of the state's registered voters will get to go vote for the president. And it will be very private...as far as we know anyway...TheWeyrd1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15064826219629525527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531135336389622338.post-66650804077732832502008-02-06T06:54:00.000-07:002008-02-06T06:54:00.000-07:00Omg! My observation is that I am glad I am in a pr...Omg! My observation is that I am glad I am in a primary state. Even if I am in a dustbowl! Sound like a big turn on the free and private ballot we have used forever. I like the right to vote privately and I would vote against caucusing. A bunch of people just got to decide the candidate for your state, no matter how many people actually voted. That is just wrong. Also I think that not letting independents a chance to vote is so very wrong. In my state that means 37 thousand people did not get to vote at all and won't get to vote in the general presidential vote in November. That does not represent the entire USA and is just not fair. Regardless of how they are registered they should get to vote. The news station here recommended that if they really wanted to vote, they could reregister as a Dem or Rep and vote and then change back after the election. That makes me mad. Those are my morning observations.Websketch (Web Sass)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170866335540519635noreply@blogger.com