whats a caucus? and where is iowa ?

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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Iowa is one of those fly over states that no one really gives a shit about. So in order to make them feel better they get to be the first state to vote during the primaries, except they are so ass backwards in Iowa that they can't even get primaries right so they have a caucus. A caucus is basically a meeting of supporters of a political party. In each of these meetings, there are 4,000 meetings occuring today in Iowa 2,000 for the Dems and 2,000 for the Reps, they decide which candidate they will support. At the end of the night each meeting supports one candidate and which ever candidate gets the most support wins the state caucus.
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  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    this would have been funnier in the moving train forum............

    they'd all have their panties in a bunch!!!

    :D
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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    someone?

    lol, this is so funny because I know you are serious. :D

    You New Yorkers are so self-centered. ;)
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    I can say, as someone who lived in Iowa and caucus(ed) the last time around...it is retarded. I'm all for getting involved, but the whole process is stupid.
    I must say the Repub. caucus process is much better then the Dem. caucus. The Repubs basically have a secret ballot, drop their vote in and go home. Winner takes all. The Dems is fuckin' retarded and it takes forever!!! It really pissed me off last time...
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    according to wikipedia this is what a caucus looks like
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  • drivingrl
    drivingrl Posts: 1,448
    mca47 wrote:
    I must say the Repub. caucus process is much better then the Dem. caucus. The Repubs basically have a secret ballot, drop their vote in and go home. Winner takes all. The Dems is fuckin' retarded and it takes forever!!! It really pissed me off last time...

    Proportional representation. I wish we could elect Congress that way. The winner-take-all system is retarded.
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    mammasan wrote:
    Iowa is one of those fly over states that no one really gives a shit about. So in order to make them feel better they get to be the first state to vote during the primaries, except they are so ass backwards in Iowa that they can't even get primaries right so they have a caucus. A caucus is basically a meeting of supporters of a political party. In each of these meetings, there are 4,000 meetings occuring today in Iowa 2,000 for the Dems and 2,000 for the Reps, they decide which candidate they will support. At the end of the night each meeting supports one candidate and which ever candidate gets the most support wins the state caucus.


    IS THIS ON TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    lol, this is so funny because I know you are serious. :D

    You New Yorkers are so self-centered. ;)


    WHY WOULD i know where iowa is? lol
  • rearviewmiror
    rearviewmiror Posts: 894
    mammasan wrote:
    Iowa is one of those fly over states that no one really gives a shit about. So in order to make them feel better they get to be the first state to vote during the primaries, except they are so ass backwards in Iowa that they can't even get primaries right so they have a caucus. A caucus is basically a meeting of supporters of a political party. In each of these meetings, there are 4,000 meetings occuring today in Iowa 2,000 for the Dems and 2,000 for the Reps, they decide which candidate they will support. At the end of the night each meeting supports one candidate and which ever candidate gets the most support wins the state caucus.
    Worse still is that because Iowa is a big Corn subsidy state we have to deal with corn syrup and the joke that is ethanol because of the political power behind the subsidies and the caucus.
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    IS THIS ON TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Maybe on CSPAN, but I doubt it.
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    mammasan wrote:
    Maybe on CSPAN, but I doubt it.


    dammmmmmmmm ,, i would love to watch this
  • acoustic guy
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    josevolution wrote:
    it's part of the cactus ,iowa isn't it were the bufallo roam tatonka ...:D

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  • acoustic guy
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    Lizard wrote:
    this would have been funnier in the moving train forum............

    they'd all have their panties in a bunch!!!

    :D

    hahahahahahahaha!!!!!
    You bet your ass they would. lol
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    acoustic guy wrote:
    hahahahahahahaha!!!!!
    You bet your ass they would. lol


    should i ask them?
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,997
    i'd rather watch one of these damn caucuses then all of that reality garbage that's on TV these days.
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  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    Caucus.....oh yea, you use it to plug up holes around the window right?
    Oh wait.......does it grow in the desert?:)
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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    i've been to iowa before for a wedding.

    there is nothing there.
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    iluvcats wrote:
    i've been to iowa before for a wedding.

    there is nothing there.


    wrong.........


    their is a caucus
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    wrong.........


    their is a caucus


    it's 'there is a caucus' :rolleyes:
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    dunkman wrote:
    it's 'there is a caucus' :rolleyes:


    u sure ?

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