Ok, I'm not really that terribly interested in the Presidential Race this time around. I probably won't even vote, primarily because I fail to live in a swing state. Today, I know, was the day of the much-anticipated Iowa Caucus.
What I didn't know was how that caucus goes down. The republicans do something sane, something like what I would expect: collect a bunch of votes, most popular wins. The democrats on the other hand are batshit crazy. I hope this image sticks around for awhile, click on it for a larger version.
Let me try to get this straight. Instead of marking my chads I would need to:
- Show up at my neighbor's house (caucusing center) with 30 or so other people.
- Find and "cluster" with people who want to vote the same way as me.
- Learn that my top choice isn't acceptable.
- Pick a new second-best choice and go sit with those folks who I didn't initially agree with.
- If there are enough of us, we get a county "delegate" to vote on our clump's behalf.
Take the worst parts of the electoral college system, the worst parts of a non-private faux democratic country's voting system, and the worst parts of a house party and combine them. Seriously, this process sounds alot like one of corporate team-building games. All you need is for the participants to have to wear blindfolds and be completely silent while clustering.
I took a completely scientific poll of a coworker, my wife, and my sister. None of them knew how this process apparently works, so I figured I would share it with you my faithful reader.
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