John,

While the Iowa caucus is extremely important to the presidential
nomination process, it’s… kind of a mess. It’s also inherently less
democratic or accessible than a primary. Let me explain.

Right now, we still don’t have clear results from yesterday’s
first-in-the-nation caucus due to issues ranging from new rules to errors
with a reporting app. But even at its core, the caucusing system is deeply
flawed.

The Iowa caucus in particular has an outsized impact on the presidential
campaigns, yet it does not fairly represent the nation’s diverse
electorate: Iowa is 90% white and the only folks who can caucus are those
who have the time and privilege to spend hours standing and pitching their
candidate.

As a result, people of color, people with disabilities, or those who are
low-income and forced to work two or three jobs to get by cannot
realistically participate in the process.

[ [link removed] ]It’s about time the Democratic Party ban caucuses for good: add your
name to our petition to the Democratic National Committee to call for a
more democratic presidential primary process now >>

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It’s 2020: there’s no good reason to continue a nomination process that is
inaccessible or not fully representative of our diverse electorate. Let’s
make voting as democratic as possible and ensure a mess like this never
happens again.

Thanks,

--Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Chair
Democracy for America



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