[QUOTE=Una Persson]
The people that vote for Hillary are professional people with jobs - the middle class breadwinners of America. The people voting for Obama are people with a lot of time on their hands, like students and unemployed and illegal immigrants." :rolleyes:
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In California, workers are allowed up to two hours paid time off to vote. I would go to my polling place and vote before work, usually arriving to the office on time or maybe 15 minutes late. While this may not be the case it other states, voting was not a hardship for me. But we didn’t have caucuses.
Here in Washington the caucuses were held on a Saturday. Delegates from here were chosen solely by caucus; the primary didn’t count. I could see that this system is unfair to people who work on Saturdays, have other responsibilities, or whatever. But that’s the way it works, and people should know about it. (Being new in the state, I didn’t know until three days before the caucus. I did attend.) Is this a fair system? Well, it’s the way it’s set up. Most people have the opportunity to vote. If they don’t care enough to attend a caucus, then it’s all what’s most important to them. On the other hand, there are people who can’t attend.
AIUI (and it’s an imperfect understanding), all one had to do was show up at the caucus, sign in, and declare their choice of nominees. Takes a few minutes. They didn’t have to stay for the whole process. Basically: Sign in and declare your nominee. Count the votes. Give an opportunity for discussion to allow people to change their minds. Hold another vote. Assign delegates based on the second vote. If someone didn’t vote the second time, his vote when he signed in was counted.
So under Texas’s system it seems to me that a person could take a few minutes before or after work (they have a 12-hour window) to cast a primary vote. Then they could sign into a caucus, cast a caucus vote, and then leave. ‘Professional people with jobs’ would not have to stay up past their bed times. The ‘people voting for Obama’, as opined by the Clinton supporter, would be those people who worked the swing shift because they don’t have ‘normal’ hours. (And illegal immigrants are not likely to be registered voters.)
Texas seems to have a weird system, but it’s the system they have. Clinton (and Obama) knew the game before they started playing. Change the rules beforehand, or change them for next time. But don’t try to change them in the middle of the game.
