Category Archives: primaries
“Why Is Anyone Still Doing Caucuses?”
Evan McMorris-Santoro for BuzzFeed:
About a half hour from the Las Vegas Strip, in a large public high school on the day the state’s Democratic nominating contest, a man stepped up onto the gym bleachers and shouted:
“Let’s make sure… Continue reading
“How New Hampshire Used the Wrong Math and Gave One of Rubio’s Delegates to Trump”
Freeing Republican Delegates at Convention to Kill Trump Nomination?
Trip Gabriel’s NYT story yesterday concludes as follows:
“I think the establishment will do anything in their power to try to stop Donald Trump at the national convention,” said John Patrick Yob, the former delegate strategist for Senator Rand Paul… Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“This whole thing is a really messy mixture of unintended consequences….The R.N.C. put in a system that was designed to let either an establishment figure or a very popular conservative grass-roots figure wrap up the nomination early. And Donald Trump… Continue reading
“Trump trashes ‘dangerous’ caucus system”
“The Long and Winding Road of the Presidential Primaries”
Explainer at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
“Orthodox Union Calls on Nevada State Democratic Party to Accommodate Sabbath-Observant Citizens in Upcoming Caucus”
Yet another problem with using the caucus.
“Uproar could lead to revamping Democratic caucuses”
Des Moines Register:
After a whisper-thin count left doubts about which Democratic candidate actually won the Iowa caucuses, there are fresh calls for the party to mirror the simple, secret-ballot method that Iowa Republicans use.
“It’s worth discussing again,… Continue reading
“Nevada Democratic caucus overlooks Sabbath observers”
Las Vegas Review Journal:
Observant Jews and Seventh-day Adventists who want to caucus with Nevada Democrats on Feb. 20 are out of luck.
The party’s noon caucus falls squarely in the middle of a Saturday, a sacred day of… Continue reading
“Iowa governor pans Cruz for ‘unethical’ actions in caucus”
“Iowa’s nightmare revisited: Was correct winner called?”
Des Moines Register:
Even as Hillary Clinton trumpeted her Iowa win in New Hampshire on Tuesday, aides for Bernie Sanders said the eyelash-thin margin raised questions and called for a review. The chairwoman of the Iowa Democratic Party rejected… Continue reading
“U.S. Senator Disenfranchised By Iowa Caucus Rules”
The caucus process is indefensible.
“GOP, State Agree on Court Question to Resolve Election Law Dispute”
KSL:
The Utah Republican Party and the state agreed on a question Friday to pose to the Utah Supreme Court to resolve their ongoing dispute over a new election law.
Specifically, they will ask the court if a political… Continue reading