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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:39 PM Original message |
Poll question: Caucuses: Yea or Nay? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Honestly, I think it's up to people of the individual states...n/t |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Right now, it is up to the states... |
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Hatchling (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Unfair to disabled & seniors. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well, that's a point. I forgot about the absentee ballots. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I suffer from relatively minor chronic pain, but if one of those episodes hit |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. No it's not. I've caucuses with both disabled and seniors |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. "undemocratic" - Please. Secret ballots do not imply democracy. Check |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. In practice lesser known candidates get squat. Check Iowa this time. |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I watched one Iowa caucus on C-SPAN. Fascinating. In that particular one, |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. That's not undemocratic, either |
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AGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I don't believe in Instant Run Off. Porportional Representation is better |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. when we update the Constitution, I'd agree with you. Right now, IRV is a way |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. That's like comparing apples to oranges |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. And the 15% cutoff applies to primaries, not just caucuses |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Elections for federal offices should - must be standard and equal in every state... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Neigh. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. I love the notion of a caucus...but the reality is too many people |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. I voted "yes" since I'm going to my Dem caucus on Feb 5... |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. Your cons aren't quite accurate |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I will defend my cons forcefully. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You haven't ever attended a caucus, have you? |
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Kucinich4America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. Until all the electro-fraud machines are destroyed |
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