Democrats Getting Closer to Dumping 1st of the Election Season Iowa Caucuses
Frodo:
In addition to the fact that Iowa is no longer representative of the Democratic Party, it doesn't help Iowa Democrats' case that the 2020 caucuses were such a disaster, and that their state is becoming more Republican:
Democrats edge toward dumping Iowa’s caucuses as the first presidential vote
brucejoel99:
Good, because we should ASAP. Even if granting one of the whitest states in the Union such a disproportionate amount of influence in selecting our nominee weren't enough of a bad look, it's just a simple fact that caucuses disenfranchise.
Adam Griffin:
IA+NH+SC+NV is a pretty balanced combination of representative interests, but if you genuinely want to balance regional and racial/ethnic considerations, consider adding 4 more: HI (most Asian-American state), NM (another heavily-Latino state), DC (another heavily-black jurisdiction) and WV (another heavily-white state).
Based on 2020 pledged delegates and simplifying each state's categorization:
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WHITE 93 35.63%
BLACK 74 28.35%
LATINO 70 26.82%
ASIAN 24 9.20%
Though honestly, Nevada is almost a perfect racial/ethnic reflection of the country as a whole, so if you want to count each segment of each state according to its Democratic electorate:
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56.63% White
19.42% Black
17.38% Latino
6.57% Other
...which is pretty dang close to the composition of the national Democratic electorate.
Progressive Pessimist:
Good news! Let's get rid of all the other few caucuses that remain too, while we're at it.
Furthermore, we should dump investment in everything having to do with Iowa in general. Just let the GOP have the state, and we can concentrate on North Carolina and Texas instead.
Leroy McPherson fan:
Only let Arkansas vote for the Democrats.
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