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December 10, 2004
Caucus This
It looks like the Democrats may try to get another state to hold its primary before Iowa does its caucus. I have never understood 1) why people still put up with having a caucus instead of a primary 2) why every four years the primaries are first held in the same few states and 3) why they are help so early. A primary vote takes a few minutes out of your time which is something a normal person will do. For a caucus there are all day events, which normal people are reluctant to go participate in. The same states going first each time means tens of millions of people like me never get a real say in who is nominated. I have now been eligible to vote for the past three presidential primaries and not once has my vote (first in California in 1996 and the next two in Texas) had a chance to make a difference. And why are they so early in the year? Maybe that made sense years ago, but lets make the earliest one in March and shorten pu the campaign season by a few months.
Posted by Pete at December 10, 2004 09:17 AM
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