The biggest little caucus!
It’s been fascinating watching the letters to the editor, after the Jan. 19th Caucus in Nevada. It’s very clear most folks aren’t aware that for the last two decades we’ve had ZERO say in who each of the parties nominated for President. And they were plenty unhappy with the craziness we experienced. So to me - the messy and chaotic RECORD TURNOUT that was the caucus was a massive improvement.
For the record, here are our three options for having a say in the presidential nominee:
1. No say at all. (Which is what we’ve had for the last two decades.)
2. Tax payer funded statewide primary election. (That asks only one question: Who would you vote for for President. And was held in March, pretty much after the nominee had been determined.) And FYI - the first (of two) presidential primary Nevada had in 1976 was projected to cost $100,000 but ended up costing taxpayers over $200,000. Click here for EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about presidential primaries in Nevada.
3. Messy caucus process that is run by each party and its volunteers. (And let’s all agree that many of the problems could be worked out - absentee ballots, military voting, etc.)
I vote for the caucus. Let’s also remember the side-benefits we got out of this: Presidential candidates actually visiting Nevada and sometimes talking about our issues, bonus celebrity sightings, and amazing party building opportunities.
