Right now, in losing LA, Hilary has 3x Obama's Washington votes...

[joeybee12]

..someone tell me how caucuses are at all democratic?

Hopefully this will be fixed come 2012...then we can fix the BCS.

[JackORoses]

1. the caucus numbers do not represent the popular vote, they are caucus delegates

[joeybee12]

7. No, according to those who voted....the totals...Obama got about

19,000...Hilary has about 3x that with only 30% results in LA.

[JackORoses]

12. those aren't voter totals, dude. check into how Caucuses work and you will find this out.

[Thrill]

13. Thats not actual voters from Washington

[IndyOp]

2. Link please? Or a bit more explanation?

Obama must be getting more votes in LA than Clinton -- so, why is a comparison between Clinton in LA and Obama in WA sensible?

Are you hoping for a national popular vote in the primaries instead of a delegate system? That is fine with me so long as all of the states take the same step at the same time.

[joeybee12]

4. Yes...Obama got 19,000 or so votes total in Washington...around

67% of those who voted...people don't vote at caucuses like they do for primaries.

[AX10]

3. Caucus's are not.

That is why the media and the left wing morans are pushing them in Florida and Michigan
Obama can win them.
35,000 people took part in the Washington caucus on the Democratic side.
1.5 Million people voted for John Kerry in Washington state in 2004.

[skooooo]

5. left wing morons like Howard Dean?

[bilgewaterbill]

8. So why didn't more Hillary voters just go caucus?

[chascarrillo]

9. Over 200,000 WA Democrats participated in today's caucuses

The numbers that you are seeing on CNN and wherever are the number of Legislative District/County delegates. They only represent a proportion of the people participating. The numbers are not the number of people voting.

[Renew Deal]

6. You're comparing votes to delegates.

You're mixed up. They're counting votes in Louisiana. They're counting delegates in Washington.

[Yael]

10. Do you know the difference between voters and caucus delegates?

Because even though the reports say "votes", caucus states report delegates, not voters.

I made the same mistake with Nevada and helpful DUers corrected me.

[Pirate Smile]

11. Washington turnout was 200,000. Is that the number you are talking about?