Comments on: Colorado Caucus

By: amethystlady2

amethystlady2 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:35:12 +0000

WOW, Ryan, that is dreadful. I hope you have graduated from CU and turned that professor (or is that OPRESSOR) in to the University. He denied you a right…true, it wasn't an 'election' per se, but just as, if not more important! How DARE any professor deny you that right!

ps-I am a 72 yr old female…I voted for Obama in 2004-yes, I know he wasn't running then…lol…but I knew when I saw him speak, that he would be our next President…and I was right. Too bad that other person who wrote on this blog “couldn't vote for Obama.” I feel sorry for them.

By: angelinjones

angelinjones — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:56:10 +0000

I would to share a few points related to caucus. As a cost-saving measure, Colorado stopped holding primary elections in 2000 in favor of a caucus system. Caucuses are run and paid for by the political parties. After the preference poll, delegates are then selected among the attendees for each viable candidate, and supporters of nonviable groups may re-caucus into viable groups. There is a 15% threshold for viability within each level of the selection process.
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By: the amazing race

the amazing race — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:00:07 +0000

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By: Friendly Intelligence - February 9, 2008

Friendly Intelligence - February 9, 2008 — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:07:59 +0000

[...] Colorado Caucus - Andrew writes about his experience at the Colorado Caucus. For those that know Andrew, most of his posts are short or pictures. To see him write this post is to learn about something he is very passionate about. Which I completely respect since I have no interest in politics at all, and dont vote. [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:00:53 +0000

I wanted to be there last night! I had a physics test at CU – and not one person at the University gave a damn. The physics professor gave me an outright no for a makeup, the undergrad program admin gave me a no. The OMBUDS office gave me a no. So much for the right to vote… I’m glad to see people standing up and taking part! Keep it up bTown!

By: Mike Galloy

Mike Galloy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:37:20 +0000

@Andrew Yes, she was there and said she had been in Broomfield earlier (she said 2500 people at the caucus there).

By: Andrew Hyde

Andrew Hyde — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:27:57 +0000

@Mike Galloy Joan was in the District? I still have yet to ever see her in Boulder.

That includes working as a fulltime organizer at the Boulder County Dems in ‘04.

By: Jil Cohen

Jil Cohen — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:13:23 +0000

I was at Boulder High for Caucus last night. It was a total cluster and chaotic and unorganized, but I’m still glad I went. My precinct had 110 people and 85% voted for Obama. Polis won the majority of the congressional vote, but there were a lot of undecideds too, so 3 of the 5 delegates for the county assembly are undecided, but the other two were for Polis…

By: Mike Galloy

Mike Galloy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:50:40 +0000

My Lafayette precinct had 39 people present (maybe half under 30). Clinton got 1 delegate (by one vote), Obama the other 3.

For what it’s worth, the trend I saw was “men in suits” supporting Clinton and “people in jeans” supporting Obama. I wish I could support Obama, I like the energy he (and his supporters) bring. I wanted to hear arguments that would sway me to either candidate, but nothing persuaded me.

Fitz-Gerald stopped by and spoke a few minutes. Maybe that is why she dominated the voting, but I wanted to see Polis do better.

By: Kimm

Kimm — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:38:01 +0000

Sounds like Colorado was very involved all over. My father called from Telluride to say that where they usually had 10 or so at their caucus, they saw 125 last night. It sounded noisy. Oh – and everyone went Obama.