Why No Scheduled Democratic Party Debates? Are They Afraid of Bernie?

[jwirr]

102. I hear what you are saying and regarding money you are correct. We have always had these

primaries over a year before the general election begins. There is some talk about having all primaries on one day and that might be a solution. However the primaries are our way of making sure that we select our candidates from the bottom up not the top down. (And as we can see that is not always the case.)

Iowa is often very hard to organize because they are a caucus state and decide their candidate at local meetings rather than going to the poles. But all states end up with a state convention that ends up at the national convention. So it all takes time.

I am not sure if people would even vote in a one day primary. One of the organizing tools candidates use is getting out the vote.

I attended a caucus meeting in a country that had 10,000 citizens and our community caucus had 9 of us there. Not necessary a good way to select a candidate at all.

I do not know how this can be fixed in the future but it is too late to do it this year. In the mean time we need a balanced approach to our candidates.