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The Iowa Caucus Results Are Still Uncertain
This pitiful performance should seal the deal on an outdated electoral tradition, but will it?
Here we are, more than 17 hours past the beginning of the event, and the results of the Iowa Democratic Caucuses still aren’t in.
Let that sink in for a moment. In an increasingly sure sign of just how out of touch the whole idea of caucusing is, the much-vaunted “first-in-the-nation” Democratic (and Republican, but that’s another story) Iowa Caucus has still delivered finalized results.
The candidates are already moving on. The Democratic contenders are, almost without exception (hello, Mike Bloomberg) crisscrossing the state of New Hampshire today, as they prepare for the equally much-vaunted “first-in-the-nation” voting primary to be held next Tuesday.
The whole thing reminds me of Bill Belichick’s “We’re On to Cincinnati” response that became a meme back in 2014.
Can we just stop for a second and admit, as a nation, that the whole idea of caucusing (and, for that matter, primarying) is fundamentally out of touch with modern politics? Can we stop for a second and ask why two predominately white states get to have such outsize roles in determining which candidates from both major parties move forward?
