2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: In my opinion, the beginning of yesterday's convention [View all]MineralMan
(146,284 posts)As a precinct caucus chair in Minnesota, I can say that our caucus was calm and polite and the election, which is done by secret ballot in our state's caucuses went without any problem. The result surprised me a little, though. 37 to 21 for Bernie. Had we had a primary election in my precinct, I'd guess the percentage would have been the reverse of that, based on my knowledge of voters in my precinct.
I can't prove that, of course, but that was my assessment. It didn't matter. We counted the ballots in public at the caucus meeting, with most attendees staying to observe. I turned in our ballots and the totals to the district chair and they were duly reported.
Oddly enough, at our district convention, only the usual delegates from the precinct showed up. There were several new sign-ups to be delegates at the caucus, but none of the new delegates made an appearance. The thing was that there was nothing having to do with Bernie at our district convention. So, they didn't come.
Selective democracy. It's always that way, of course. I'd like to see things done differently, and now they will be.