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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Clinton wins the Primaries,Obama the caucuses.What does this tell us??

With Clinton mainly winning the primaries and Obama mainly winning the caucuses, what does this tell us about the nature of the voting???

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It tells us that Obama's people are coercing their fellow voters into falling off the edge of the planet with them, that's what it tells us.

  • 1 decade ago

    Caucuses are not representative of the will of the voters because caucuses only represent a small number of the voting population. This was proven in Washington State, where Obama won the caucuses handily but the margin was closer when the primaries were held weeks later. Caucuses are also slanted towards the crazy activists, and we know that there are way more of those on the Obamatronic side this year than on the Clintonite side.

    WA Caucus results:

    Obama 67.51%........21,629 Delegates

    Clinton 31.2%..........9992 Delegates

    WA Primary Results:

    Obama: 51.22%..........354,112 votes

    Clinton: 45.67%..........315,744 votes

    (Uncommitted and other, I didn't include.)

    Absolutely proven disconnect between caucuses and primaries.

    Sadly, Obamaniacs don't understand this, nor do they care that a primary is more like what the general election will be, and just because Obama "won" the caucus states, it really doesn't mean anything when it comes to the general election (in fact, he'll probably fare even worse in those states that he won because of it).

  • 1 decade ago

    It's further justification that the caucuses are inherently flawed, and their usefulness needs to be harshly re-evaluated at some point, preferably prior to the 2012 primaries!

    Basically, there isn't any accurate way to figure out the popular vote in the states which held caucuses. (Only a small fraction of voters that would participate in bona fide primary elections, are even able to attend caucuses.) Furthermore, caucus results have been challenged more than usual this year for various problems that occurred in the process. Reports of 'hostile takeovers' of caucuses, etc. Not very democratic...

  • 1 decade ago

    In caucuses people are bullied by party officials, and sometimes even street thugs, into supporting candidates they don't really like. In a primary where no one really knows how any particular person votes people vote what they really believe without fear of the abuse they sometimes get for "voting the wrong way".

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Clinton can win in the general election and Obama the caucuses.

  • Kimmy
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Caucuses are full of intimidation and they don't check the voters' credentials as much. Also many of those allowed republicans to cross over. Obama wins those because of the massive republican effort supported by mainstream democrats to PICK a WEAK candidate.

    Yahoo took off one question I posted that was related to HRC. How can we fight these people who have their heads up obama's behind and are being biased against Hillary.

    Check out Lou Dobb's poll on media bias. Even they have to speak out how bad it is getting. We MUST fight back. Any ideas?

    QuickVote

    Do you believe there is a gender bias in the media against Hillary Clinton?

    Yes 74% 7221

    No 26% 2590

    Total Votes: 9811

  • fdm215
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Primary/Caucus results are not necessarily predictive of General Election results. Obama (any Democrat) will win the states Clinton loves to rattle off. For example, in Pennsylvania the Democratic rolls now top 4 million. This has happened all over the US.

  • 1 decade ago

    I am glad to hear that there are no caucuses in Nov. Caucuses are indeed a lot of peer pressure and there is no privacy to vote how you want to vote.

  • 1 decade ago

    HE has got the special interest and the activist of democratic party in his hand....but these activist usually are very self serving and do not represent the entire electorate. Many have been in that position three generations and are political bosses and some are the downfall of the democratic party because of their inability to grow with the population or with the different movements in the party. Hillary is a women and most of these old fart are men and eccentrics.

  • Deb M
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Well, it tells me Obama does not have a chance when people vote...but when he coordinates his sheep to send to the caucus...they take over. I heard that the caucus in our state was tense...the Obama people were rude, pushy and insisting on putting Obama stickers on everything!

    Bottom line, the General Election will be people voting...NOT caucuses. Also interesting is that Obama wins red states. He needs to win the blue states, which Hillary wins, if electable.

    I sure hope the super delegates and the DNC are smart enough to figure this out...but it seems they are intentionally trying to lose. Obama should see the writing on the wall, but his arrogance will not allow coherent thought!

  • 1 decade ago

    A government for the people by the people!,Obama is winning in that category,!The super delegates should vote their conscience!

    Absolutely! Therefore their conscience will be for the people!

    Obama 2008!

    Edit!

    Bubba gives excellent numbers but fails to mention that Obama is winning the popular vote!

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