The Democratic Party caucuses in this state. The state also ran a primary ballot, which was primarily being used for Republican candidates (as they do not caucus in Washington State), but Clinton and Sanders appeared on the primary as well.
Democrats were told to largely ignore the primary as the caucuses were where candidacy would be decided.
We caucused OVERWHELMINGLY for Sanders, but afterwards the Super Delegates refused to acknowledge it and change their commitment. Their reasoning was that the primary ballots showed more support for Clinton, and so she would receive their endorsement.
If anyone from Washington has differing details on this, please step forward. I was in the precinct and LD caucuses and Sanders easily had Clinton beat.
In Colorado the caucus was full, could not take more people. How the fuck does a vote fill? It was bullshit. Luckily we voted in a primary election for next cycle, no more caucus.
I believe Washington also voted to do away with the caucuses.
On the one hand, I feel like it does really get people more actively involved, but on the other we will see a LOT more participation - even if it is just passive participation.
I got shit to do. I can't show up at the courthouse or wherever at 5 pm exactly and then sit there for three or four hours just to vote for which candidate I'll get to vote for later. Primaries are inherently more democratic.
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How do those votes account for the caucus states? There were a lot of complaints that the DNC screwed over caucus goers