“caucuses gave us Obama over Hitlery.”
It also gave the Democrats the candidate that was more in tune with their core beliefs. Obama (the far left wing socialist.)
“all things considered we would have been better with Hitlerly. Might have even been able to beat Hitlery in the general...”
The purpose of the system isn’t to nominate the candidate that is easiest for the other party to beat (although it sure seems like the Republican system is rigged to do just that.)
“caucuses are anti-individual. It goes against conservatism and the rugged individualism that built this country.”
Primaries are anti-first amendment (right of association). They force political parties to allow non-members to choose their nominee. Would you favor forcing churches to allow non-church members to choose their next pastor? Of course not, but somehow allowing non-party members (and even members of the other party) to chose a party’s nominee makes sense?
1 man 1 vote.
we need to have secret ballots....I don’t need someone telling me how to vote. some trys to tell me how to vote I might have to re-arrange their faces.
also these things may work in flyover country where you have a minimum of people at play...it does not work where millions of people live in tight quarters.