2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumShould every state have primaries instead of caucuses?
Having voted in MN presidential caucuses with big traffic jams and a MN US Senate primary with no traffic jam, I prefer primaries.
(Traffic isn't my only reason.)
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)I'd like to see every state offer that option.
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)I've got a full time job, two kids, and a small business. You could not pay me $200 to show up to a caucus on a saturday and waste hours of my life. Caucuses disenfranchise younger families.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)There we come face to face with area leaders and get to know what is happening inside of the party. Having lived in states with primaries there is none of that taking place in those states. The establishment in those states is pretty much able to control the party without one argument.
tblue37
(65,552 posts)GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)You are registered to vote for life when you turn 18
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)Standardize all elections.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,798 posts)Primaries should be run by the parties. All ballots should mailed to registered party members. Members can vote in the privacy of their homes. Ballots would be returned by mail. A third party accounting firm would oversee/audit the counting.
oasis
(49,490 posts)tonyt53
(5,737 posts)trudyco
(1,258 posts)Not until they have safeguards for election fraud. Stealing vote counts is too easy with the current system.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)DURHAM D
(32,618 posts)The state pays for primaries. The party pays for caucuses.
Red state don't want to spend the money.
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)...state legislators introduced bills to switch us to a primary, but they never got a floor vote.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)Caucuses are unfair undemocratic and they disenfranchise voters.