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liberalnarb

(4,532 posts) Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:51 PM Jan 2016

How To Caucus In Iowa

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How To Caucus In Iowa (Original Post) liberalnarb Jan 2016 OP

I don't think I've ever seen a campaign do this before. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #1

Thank you! That was very informative! Peace Patriot Jan 2016 #2

Cool, consisce and useful. thanks, this also helps in Maine where we caucus. downeastdaniel Jan 2016 #3

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

1. I don't think I've ever seen a campaign do this before.

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:43 PM

Jan 2016

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)

2. Thank you! That was very informative!

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:01 PM

Jan 2016

How wonderful to see how they do it in Iowa, and it's great to see a democratic process that is intimate and human, where everybody counts--i.e., no dodgy electronic tabulation, votes calculated on the spot for everyone to see.

The video is very clear in most respects, but at the end one of the presenters says something about ranked voting (1st choice, 2nd choice, etc.). I didn't understand how that comes into it. The delegates get split up according to the votes in the caucus, and then...?

downeastdaniel

(497 posts)

3. Cool, consisce and useful. thanks, this also helps in Maine where we caucus.

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Sat Jan 23, 2016, 02:27 AM

Jan 2016

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