Nebraska Democrats consider ditching 'difficult' presidential caucuses

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

Roseann Moring

LINCOLN — Nebraska Democrats are weighing whether to scrap their decade-old practice of holding presidential caucuses.

The Nebraska Democratic Party’s platform committee voted with no dissent Friday at Southeast Community College to advance a resolution calling for the elimination of presidential caucuses before the 2020 election.

When the resolution was introduced, there were cheers from the group, and several people exclaimed that they dislike the caucuses.

The resolution now will come before all the delegates at Saturday’s state party convention.

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[Tom Rinaldo]

1. Good. n/t

[democratisphere]

2. Abolish all caucuses and replace with primary voting.

Caucuses breed corruption.

[brush]

3. They are also disenfranchising of the many who can't spend hours...

participating on election day.

Ditch them.

[pnwmom]

4. Yup. And in my state they produced a very different outcome due to the elitist

nature of the crowd at the caucuses. The person chosen in the much larger primary lost in the caucuses.