Poll: Clinton leads Sanders by 9 points in Iowa

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46. Your participation does not make the caucus process a good one

First of all I know enough about the Iowa caucuses to write this article:

Why We Shouldn’t Give a Damn Who Wins the Iowa Caucuses

You might want to note that I wrote it in early September, long before anyone cared who was ahead in Iowa so I definitely wasn't attempting to support one candidate or the other. I was simply pointing out that the Iowa caucus process sucks.

Second you haven't touched my two main arguments about the Iowa caucuses:

1. The caucus process is non representative - state wide only 10% to 12% of registered Democratic voters attend. Something is wrong with a process where only a tiny percentage of those eligible bother to attend. Your experience based on one precinct caucus does not not alter the facts about participation statewide.

2. The vote for the candidates in the precinct caucuses is not part of the process by which Iowa chooses its delegates to the Democratic Nation Convention. The only part of the precinct process which has any affect on the selection Iowa delegates to the National Democratic Convention is the selection of the precinct delegates to the county caucuses and those are totally separate votes from the votes for candidates. Now that's my definition of a "beauty contest". Again, you will have trouble arguing with the facts.

Just because you like the caucus process doesn't make it a good one.