“Caucuses are primaries, essentially. Just because you may not like the results does not mean they are somehow less legitimate. They are more fair in that they do not allow _________________
Caucuses are more like primaries w/up to 6 hours of mandatory arm twisting (KY). I have to wonder what such a process does to the concept of the secret ballot ...doesn’t for Democrats to easily manipulate the outcome.”
seem like a good idea to me.
As to closed primaries and/or primaries; they do keep out Independents and Cross-over (or mischievous) Dems; but, that may also result in a “sword of Damocles” dilemma. I doubt that any GOP/Conservative candidate can prevail today against the Dem Machine w/o attracting those Independents and “Blue-collar” cross-over votes. Trump is the only one in this race who can attract them in my opinion.
That said, I will still vote for Ted if he wins the nomination.
Yes there are differences between primaries and caucuses. Fairness is not one of them. It is the open and closed issue that makes some fair and some not. They should all be closed to all except registered republicans.