Chairman of Iowa Democratic Party resigns after caucus catastrophe

[Septimus Prime]

Chairman of Iowa Democratic Party resigns after caucus catastrophe

Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price resigned on Wednesday, according to a statement from the party.

www.cnn.com

"The fact is that Democrats deserved better than what happened on caucus night," he wrote in a letter to members of the State Central Committee. "As chair of this party, I am deeply sorry for what happened and bear the responsibility for any failures on behalf of the Iowa Democratic Party.
While it is my desire to stay in this role and see this process through to completion, I do believe it is time for the Iowa Democratic Party to begin looking forward, and my presence in my current role makes that more difficult."

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Please end caucusing.

 

[Hollywood Duo]

Good, the fact they used that unproven app was a monumental failure in judgement.

 

[WedgeX]

That seems appropriate. Need to live up to a high standard if you want to lead the first-in-the-nation caucus for the primaries.

 

[xxracerxx]

Surprised it didn't happen sooner, to be honest.

 

[hurlex]

So are they losing their status as first?

 

[Netherscourge]

Caucusing was the mistake.

Using an app just exposed it.

If anything positive comes out of this, this whole system will be scrapped for a more traditional voting system.

 

[Yamajian]

WellBye.gif

 

[Sean]

Good.

We also need to end caucuses. I'm so glad Washington canned that shit and I can just mail in a vote for the primary this year like everything else in the state. Every single state should have mail-in voting to be more inclusive. We've got 18 whole days to get our voting done here.

 

[madstarr12]

Good.

If they wanna keep the "2nd choice" thing, bring in Ranked-choice voting! Simpler, and keeps part of the spirit of a caucus!

 

[Deleted member 16657]

To be honest caucusing is a cool process. Just think about how much worse this could have been if people hadn't been there physically. Its probably the most unriggable voting process.

They just screwed up by not thinking through the tech support of the app. Boomers were literally getting stuck because they couldn't install the third party .apk file.

 

[Compass]

How can you prepare year(s) for a single day and mess up that badly ?

 

[gutter_trash]

now it's high time to abolish Caucuses and shuffle the first states

To be honest caucusing is a cool process. Just think about how much worse this could have been if people hadn't been there physically. Its probably the most unriggable voting process.

They just screwed up by not thinking through the tech support of the app. Boomers were literally getting stuck because they couldn't install the third party .apk file.

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Caucasus are anti-democratic and discriminate towards the disabled, the introverts

when I go vote, I like being alone. I would hate getting huddle into a mass of humans for 3 hours and getting bullied into voting for another candidate

Caucuses are easy to rig, via bullying

 

[RobotHaus]

Just switch to ranked choice already. Every election should support this by now.

 

[Mr. President]

So they're still doing some kind of recount, right?

 

[Marvie]

Good. What a massive fuckup. Caucuses need to go.

 

[Gyro Zeppeli]

Good. Tom Perez next, please.

 

[Deleted member 24149]

Tom Perez retired please.

Also NV caucus is going to be just as big as a shitshow. Quite possibly worse they're doing the exact same things.

 

[Pluto]

To be honest caucusing is a cool process. Just think about how much worse this could have been if people hadn't been there physically. Its probably the most unriggable voting process.

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From an outsider's perpspective it appears to be very undemocratic because if you don't have the time or are physically unable to spend several hours in a gym you cannot participate. It's also easily riggable, the vote isn't secret and peer pressure and/or veiled threats are powerful tools.

 

[Critch]

To be honest caucusing is a cool process. Just think about how much worse this could have been if people hadn't been there physically. Its probably the most unriggable voting process.

They just screwed up by not thinking through the tech support of the app. Boomers were literally getting stuck because they couldn't install the third party .apk file.

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A cool process that goes completely against the voting process. Voting is supposed to be anoymous and not subject to public peer pressure. No matter what, when you're in that booth by yourself, no one can tell you how to vote and no one can tell how you voted if you don't want them too. It does nothing but reward the loudest people with the most time on their hands, which are never the ones that end up voting in real elections.

 

[Deleted member 41502]

From an outsider's perpspective it appears to be very undemocratic because if you don't have the time or are physically unable to spend several hours in a gym you cannot participate. It's also easily riggable, the vote isn't secret and peer pressure and/or veiled threats are powerful tools.

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It appears that way from an insiders perspective too. They just exist because the people who go to them are generally people who like to be politically active, hence they enjoy the debate and banter and don't really want it to change, and, since they're active, they're also usually the ones in positions of power to decide to have caucuses every year.

I don't really think it would be that hard to push for an Iowa primary though.

 

[mugurumakensei]

Caucuses are the most undemocratic thing ever. Need to be abolished and replaced with traditional voting.