The Nevada Un-Caucus

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Sunday, January 20th, 2008

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — The results are in. That’s nice, but we’ve been here looking into why turnout for the Nevada caucuses has been so historically poor, what that means, and why it worked out better this time around. The big-picture question: is our voting system broken?

* UPDATE: Hey There, Wonkette Readers

Previously:
The Iowa Un-Caucus

- Jacob Soboroff

2 Responses to “The Nevada Un-Caucus”

  1. Carey Lundin Says:
    January 21st, 2008 at 12:34 am

    Jacob,
    Great piece. I couldn’t agree more, it’s like how broken is that? By making it a caucus, less people actually turn out. In a town on a 24 hour clock, why would you make it only possible to vote during one hour of the day? That was a crazy day wasn’t it?
    Our video will go up later this week, let’s talk asap. We’ll be in LA to cover the Dem/Rep debates, if we get the credentials.
    thanks
    Carey
    Citizen Kate
    Exec Prod

  2. matt Says:
    January 21st, 2008 at 12:43 am

    Why we should agree to change the voting system on the recommendation of someone who doesn’t know the difference between “less” and “fewer” isn’t clear.

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