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Article: PRIMARY, CAUCUS RULES STIFLE REAL DEMOCRACY.(EDITORIAL)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- February 15, 2008
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Byline: Mary Conroy
If you've been watching the results from the presidential caucuses and primaries to determine your party's strongest candidate, stop now. You've been looking for leaders in all the wrong places.
In fact, the circus we've been watching for the last year bears as little resemblance to a presidential election as Wisconsin's weather does to Panama's. Instead of analyzing the process, the media have focused on the results, which have been skewed by the process.
Let's look at the eligibility rules for caucus and primary voting. Few states follow Wisconsin's model, where anyone, Democrat, independent or Republican, can vote. Because most states ...
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