Dems discuss doing away with Iowa Caucuses

Discussion happening locally and Nationally

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"* iowa is known for the iowa caucuses.

After this year's caucus dumpster fire one top party official is calling for the system to be relegated to the history books.

Kimt news 3's nick kruszalnicki is live in mason city to explain.

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"* the chairman of the democratic national committee does not want a repeat of what happened earlier this year.

He didn't specifically call out iowa ?

"* but he said states who still caucus need to switch over to a primary election instead.

"personally, i don't like caucuses.

I know there are people around here who love them.

I'm not one of them."

Cerro gordo county democrats chair joann hardy thinks the caucuses need to ride off into the sunset.

She'd rather see the process run more like the minnesota primary.

"instead of caucusing, they had a primary for people who just wanted to come out and vote and then they also had a caucus for people who wanted to be more involved in party work and party building."

We all remember the issues with tallying preferences at the democratic caucuses this year.

Hardy says a primary would solve that problem.

"the caucuses is not connected to your county auditor, so it's not run through that system.

We had to do our own counting, and we saw how that worked, because we had so many candidates, that it was unmanageable."

The caucuses do have some fans ?

"* including alan and lucy samson, who would hate to see iowa lose its status in selecting a presidential candidate.

"it's a real privlege to have that.

I'd like to continue with it."

Lucy also thinks caucuses hold advantages over voting.

She likes the conferring with friends and neighbors caucusing offers.

"yes, i think it the battle over caucuses could be a moot point ?

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* tom perez's term as party leader ends in november, so it would be up to the next chairperson to make a push for the 2024 election.

Live in mason city, nick kruszalnicki, kimt news 3.

Thanks nick.

You might remember it took three days to finally declare a winner in the iowa caucuses.

Pete buttigieg narrowly