Caucuses
January 4, 2008
First of all, doesn’t it seem like it should be CAUCI? Four years of Latin weren’t wasted on me.
I am embarrassed to say that I have never paid attention to caucuses before. This is a pretty fascinating process. The Democrats all meet in a room and if you want Elton John to be the Democratic presidential nominee you sit in the chairs on the right and if you want Mike Wallace to be the nominee you sit on the chairs on the left and if you want Britney Spears to be the nominee you stand over there, etc. etc. etc. (Actually you should probably stand in the bathroom if you are talking about BS). If your candidate doesn’t get the minimum number of votes then you have to move and sit or stand with another’s candidates’ group.
The Republicans, of course, do it by secret ballot. Walk in and vote and go home. How boring is that?
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The Republicans actually do it in a more democratic way, in that there is no peer pressure that can be used to affect the outcome of the vote. In displaying your choice publically, you are subject to review by others, and subsequently, coersion.
Anil Dash puts it much more eloquently:
http://www.dashes.com/anil/2008/01/caucusing-is-antidemocratic.html
The only caucus I’ve heard of until this year was SEcaucus.
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