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"According to entrance polls, a third of Democratic Iowa caucusgoers are over the age of 65, up from 28% in 2016 and 22% in 2008."

Posted by ty97 Feb 3 '20, 17:55

Iowa is broken

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It's like they get older every year. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 18:58
this is my biggest problem with caucuses, by their nature they exclude people. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 17:56 10
- exactly. Iowa need to move to a primary. -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 17:57 9
  - You could structure a ranked-choice primary to get the same results as a caucus. -- nm - znufrii Feb 3, 18:18 4
    - Yes but that’s always your answer. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 18:18 3
      - "What should we get for lunch?" "Ranked choice primary ... on multigrain." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 18:34
      - Better than some of the other ideas I've had over the years. -- nm - znufrii Feb 3, 18:21 1
        
        I didn’t say it was a bad one. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 18:26
  - One good thing with this many options is having a 1st and 2nd chooce. - Caucus Todd Feb 3, 18:17 2
    - Ranked choice voting does that and is starting to get used more around the country -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 18:20 1
      - The only difference I guess is that you have more information in the second round of a caucus than you would by voting preferences. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 3, 18:34
  - or make it a public holiday with mandatory participation (and proxies for like cops, hospital workers, etc.). I'd be ok with that too. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 18:15

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