Electoral Reform- Part 7: Primaries and Caucuses

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  November 17th at 10:16 AM  | 

Most nominees for political office are chosen through the primary election system. Many have noted that this system tends to select the more “extreme” candidate for either party at the expense of the more moderate candidate since it is the hard-core Republican or hard-core Democrat who tends to show up for these primary elections. However, that assertion tends to miss the point and assumes that | Read More »

To Caucus or to Primary? That is the Question

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  February 27th at 08:39 AM  | 

This diary is largely in response to another entry and the ensuing 75+ comments and growing, some of them caustic and demeaning. The gist of the conversation was whether the GOP should abandon the caucus system and go strictly to primaries. A lot of this discussion is in response to what seems like an endless process to determine who squares off against Obama in 2012. | Read More »