re: #98 Alyosha

I was too, because naturally it seems more democratic to allow the largest number of like-minded individuals to vote.
1. It ignores ratfuckery from the opposition.
2. A party is a political entity that requires a certain degree of commitment if your opinion is going to be considered seriously.
3. In partisan politics, independent-styled (IOW unengaged) fence-sitting during mid-term, state and local elections, shouldn’t be rewarded with privileges during the primary.

Agreed on all three points. To be honest, I have to express my dislike of the caucuses here. Granted, I’ve never taken part in one so I have no idea what they’re like but frankly to me it seems that it’s a system that favors the loudmouth rather than someone who just wants to make their vote. Most of the time I’ve voted, I’ve known exactly who I was going to vote for that day. I don’t need a form of political peer pressure by way of a caucus frankly but if the state parties want to keep them, that is up to them I guess.