Clinton backer wants Texas system scrapped

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 21 months ago

Clinton backer wants Texas system scrapped

AUSTIN -- A key supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Texas' confusing primary-caucus hybrid should be scrapped so that delegates to the Democratic National Convention would be awarded based on the popular vote in the state's... Full Article at Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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When all the results are in, we're probably going to see that more than a million people turned out for the local caucuses ... That's unheard of. These are good problems to have. We have people excited to participate.
SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram 21 months ago
Neighborhood cohesion has been weakened by outside forces for years. We shouldn't weaken our own communities by eliminating a chance for neighbors in Texas to come together and make their voices heard.
SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram 21 months ago
The person on the phone did not know what to do ... so my wife asked to speak to a supervisor and overheard the supervisor telling the staff member to 'just hang up on her,'
SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram 21 months ago
Our system has just outlived its usefulness ... The way we are doing it is not very democratic.
SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram 21 months ago
This is the thing you dream about happening: people getting passionate ... If you don't have those conventions, you don't have a democratic party.
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago
This is the most exciting election in years, and I love it
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They were stressing because they wanted to get their ballots in to get their caucus started, but we had results by 9:30 p.m., and that's real good time
SOURCE: Longview News-Journal 21 months ago
It all really started with CNN saying that the Texas caucus started at 7 p.m. People were lined up and waiting, but you can't start the caucus until the last person votes.
SOURCE: Longview News-Journal 21 months ago
Is it necessary to the democratic process, or to the candidates themselves, for these people to have to come back later in the evening after they have voted? If we are not careful, we work to disenfranchise them. For people who have to work or who have children, they cannot afford to stay. What do you s...
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I am truly disheartened by this experience ... With all the publicity and importance of this election, Texas Democrats should have been on their game. Instead, we dropped the ball.
SOURCE: Temple Daily Telegram 21 months ago