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BTW (5.00 / 1) (#140)
by Big Tent Democrat on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 12:17:04 PM EST
The popular vote for the caucuses is included in the popular vote.

It is a false statement from you when you say they are being "disenfranchised." Please stick to the facts in future.

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Sadly, no (5.00 / 1) (#156)
by Quixote on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 01:48:17 PM EST
Certain states, such as Iowa, do not tabulate the individual caucusers for a candidate, just the delegate going to the next level.

Please stick to the facts in the future.

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Re: BTW (none / 0) (#145)
by Humangutan on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 12:29:29 PM EST
Disenfranchisement is meant by the fact that the number of people who caucus is always lower than the number of people who vote in a primary -- which does not accurately reflect the number of "Democratic Party" voter in one state versus another.  So Minnesota may end up with fewer "popular votes" in your way of counting, even though it has more Democratic voters than some other states, and so on.  That is the disenfranchisement, not of the particular people who did come out and caucus, but of the caucus states in the whole.

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