Hillary Clinton

LisaM

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18. I supported Hillary in 2008, and the caucus was unpleasant.

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 04:50 PM

Mar 2016

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Partly crowds that were too large for the space we were in and people unfamiliar with the process, partly because the crowd was overwhelmingly for Obama. I knew it would be, I'm near a lot of students, but mostly I felt that I had absolutely no voice. The few people attempting to speak for Hillary were shouted down (I heard other reports of this too), people were angry that they couldn't just vote and leave, only one person speaking for Obama actually spoke to an issue, and two women from my neighborhood (I could never look at them the same after that) going on and on about their families in Alabama and North Carolina disliking Bill Clinton. It was awful and I would never care to repeat it. I think many people did remember, and knew that 2016 would be 2008 on steroids and just avoided the situation entirely. Plus being a holiday weekend when people are out of town ......ugh.

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Interesting thing I noticed about the recent "Massive" wins ... [View all] 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 OP

Well sure, but... johnp3907 Mar 2016 #1

And the bern! rock Mar 2016 #4

Yes, I am still celebrating a five state sweep where there was more participation and delegates Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #2

Point... Looking at the caucus's and Republican, Libertarian and teabagger vote for Dem. Nt seabeyond Mar 2016 #3

K&R! DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #5

K&R Know what ya mean about endless Bernsplanin'! LOL! Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #6

... nolabear Mar 2016 #21

delegates and electoral college n/t KT2000 Mar 2016 #7

You posted this thread in the right forum Gothmog Mar 2016 #8

I have more people in my one NJ county than all of Vermont. #perspective (nt) CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #9

Someone recently pointed out that Ann Arbor, Michigan LisaM Mar 2016 #13

population density Her Sister Mar 2016 #14

fairfax vs Vermont Setsuna1972 Mar 2016 #10

And what about homebound people? Do they get to participate in any way? Older people may not... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2016 #11

In many jurisdictions you can't participate by absentee or affidavit LisaM Mar 2016 #16

I didn't see it in '08, maybe because I didn't want to, but I can see how that system can be.... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2016 #17

I supported Hillary in 2008, and the caucus was unpleasant. LisaM Mar 2016 #18

Party rules are not bound by the Constitution. 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #24

Mahalo for pointing that out, Tarheel! Cha Mar 2016 #26

Did you see the total vote counts? anotherproletariat Mar 2016 #12

That's the total number of delegates picked Saturday Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #15

That number was so misleading! I misquoted it too. LisaM Mar 2016 #19

Is that an actual written rule? DrCyCoe Mar 2016 #28

It's what was in the packet given us Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #32

KnR Hekate Mar 2016 #20

K&R. nt UtahLib Mar 2016 #22

I've been thinking about the very same thing. K&R fleabiscuit Mar 2016 #23

I like the win in Mississippi! More Diverse voting than BSrs in a caucus Cha Mar 2016 #25

Don't you know that Mississippi isn't diverse?! KitSileya Mar 2016 #29

Haha! They have no idea what they're talking about. Cha Mar 2016 #31

K&R. lunamagica Mar 2016 #27

My county has almost four times more people than all of Vermont obamanut2012 Mar 2016 #30