2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm in Colorado. I was the caucus captain. None of our Bernie delegates wound up on the list [View all]madamesilverspurs
(15,783 posts)Each precinct conducted a preference poll, and on that basis each precinct was allocated delegates for Clinton, Sanders, or uncommitted.
Along with several others, I submitted my name to be a Hillary Clinton delegate.
At the following county assembly, those who had submitted our names were placed on a ballot. Because "uncommitted" had not met threshold, only Clinton and Sanders had ballots for delegates. The attendees for each candidate voted to select the delegates to attend the state convention. Roughly one third of each group was 'elected'.
My name was not among those elected delegates, and the same could be said for many longtime, very active Democrats. In Colorado, Democrats require that delegations are gender-balanced; hence, many of the seated delegates are first-timers. The irony is this: in our county 90% of the boots-on-the-ground work is done by women, but our delegation will be largely comprised of men we've never seen before; many of the women who have for years organized the caucus and assembly won't be seated, thanks to the gender rule. Our task, now, is to convince those newbies to stick around and help after the conventions.
Disappointed? Heck yes! But I've put my name on the list to volunteer at the convention; there's plenty of work to be done, at least I'll be there.