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Re: Iowa Caucus
by morganb

It's true that only a low percentage actually do choose to participate -- their choice -- but it's also true

How very nice that you are able to make it to the caucus by 7:00 but please explain how a shift worker is represented. Justify a process that implicitly says "if you want to participate but in order to feed your family you must work from 4:00 to 12:00 in order to get paid, well just go do without the money you need to make ends meet or give up your right to participate in the process. Such a compassionate and inclusive soul you are "I get to participate who cares about those who have a real life that require a flexible system that would allow them to participate, apparently they don't matter. Are there ways around this inequity, yes but the dems especially aren't really interested in that kind of inclusiveness and it would just be too hard to hold a morning and an evening caucus to give those who are not able to be there at 7:00 to participate what should be their right to be counted.

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