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American politics

dingdongo said:
What's a caucus anyway!?
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It is a bizarre way of voting. You vote for a candidate by standing in the area assigned to that candidate. The more people you have in your section, the more delegates you get in the national convention from that particular set of caucuses. There is a bit more to it than that but that's the gist of it.

The fudge up was with an app that was being used to send in the caucus results, not the caucus itself. They whole thing is stupid really though and it takes hours to sort out. They don't do it in every state.
 
#tbt to the first post in this thread, a little over four years ago. It's been a rollercoaster. Wonder what the next five years of Trump will have in store for us?

Danishfurniturelover said:
Just watched a t.v. show on him, I am smart enough to know that the show was only shown from one point of view but oh my GHod that guy is mental.

Americans on here, please do not vote for the man he is bat brick crazy.
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Yermiyahu said:
Democracy here died many years ago.
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That's not really true and it is not fully dead yet. It certainly is a flawed democracy in very many ways, and has been backsliding since Gingrich decided mutual tolerance and forbearance would be casualties of partisanship. But until this week the rule of law was still hanging in there just about. Trump's acquittal and the new precedent this sets followed in short order by Barr's declaration that he will decide solely whether investigation against the executive and associates can proceed has furthered his unitary executive ideology in a massive way. The president is now above the law and will now seek to exact his revenge.
 
Rorschach said:
That's not really true and it is not fully dead yet. It certainly is a flawed democracy in very many ways, and has been backsliding since Gingrich decided mutual tolerance and forbearance would be casualties of partisanship. But until this week the rule of law was still hanging in there just about. Trump's acquittal and the new precedent this sets followed in short order by Barr's declaration that he will decide solely whether investigation against the executive and associates can proceed has furthered his unitary executive ideology in a massive way. The president is now above the law and will now seek to exact his revenge.
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How can it be a democracy when you need to be a billionaire to even stand a chance of running for President? Rich people decide who we get to vote for.
 
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Yermiyahu said:
How can it be a democracy when you need to be a billionaire to even stand a chance of running for President? Rich people decide who we get to vote for.
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Bloomberg and Steyer are the billionaires in the dem primary as far as I am aware, and neither are sure to win. Yes you need lots of money to run, that in of itself is a massive problem, but it can be grassroots funded like Warren's campaign for instance or cosy up to donors like Buttigieg. Money decides policy more than candidates IMO (citizens united is not a football team)
 
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