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Joob

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3. I'm torn between liking Caucuses and Not. I've only voted once and it was at one.
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:48 AM
May 2016

I liked how we could have an open discussion and make cases for our candidate if someone was undecided still and just being around people happy to vote regardless of who it was for. I like that we got to choose delegates from within our own districts and it was decided by voting. ( extra voting! ) It seemed very democratic and I loved it! Seeing people who rose up and spoke for their candidate the best is how we chose ours.

However, if a candidate didn't have enough votes then they could get all the delegates and that makes sense in a way, because we're representing a district but it felt like maybe the people with less votes for their candidate left with nothing.

However, in a way I see that as a small little election and encourages more voters to show up.
No one left angry or sad everyone enjoyed it and was happy. I made a friend that was supporting Hillary.
I guess I still got some questions about it.

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1: How do other states choose delegates? I heard of some way and know it's different, how is that more democratic

2. Did all the votes really count or is that just another way to choose delegates? Because if you think about it.. I saw online people choosing delegates on a paper for Bernie or Hillary. Wouldn't the ones with the most votes still win except no meet and greets? Like I did?

(though I'm pretty sure the delegates from my district and WA in general have three phases)

^ Is that the part where it gets weird? I've tried researching this...

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