#Caucus

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Trump wins Nevada Caucus

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Did you watch Shirley on Netflix and wonder how political parties select their nominee for President? 🤔 

Voters participate in primaries or caucuses at state-level party conventions in order to select the delegates who represent their community at their party's presidential nominating convention. At the convention, delegates ultimately select a candidate to represent their party on the November ballot. 

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Historiquement, le long processus des primaires américaines débute dans l'Etat de l'Iowa, qui dispose d'un système de scrutin atypique: les "caucus", des assemblées traditionnelles d'électeurs. Cela donne une influence disproportionnée à ce petit Etat rural, à la population majoritairement blanche.

Les électeurs américains se préparent à voter

[nicklloydnow]

“Donald trump should have seen it coming. He arrived on May 25th at the Libertarian Party’s national convention in Washington, DC, hoping to expand his support, but the crowd mostly responded with boos. Attendees lacked enthusiasm for a protectionist who added $8.4trn to America’s national debt. They also spent the weekend squabbling among themselves. After losing presidential races for more than half a century, the Libertarian Party is facing an identity crisis.

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The most intense divisions are about strategy. The hardline Mises Caucus (named after Ludwig von Mises, a pro-market Austrian economist) has dominated the party’s leadership since 2022 and adopted populist rhetoric. The group was responsible for inviting Mr Trump, as well as Robert F. Kennedy junior, an independent candidate, to speak at the convention. The debate about whether to invite the outside candidates at times seemed more heated than the Libertarians’ own presidential-nomination fight. On May 24th, the convention’s first day, one attendee yelled into the microphone, “I would like to propose that we go tell Donald Trump to go fuck himself!” The crowd cheered.

“I would rather us focus on the Libertarian candidates,” said Jim Fulner, from the Radical Caucus. “I’m fearful that come later this summer, when I’m working the county fair, someone will say, ‘Oh, Libertarians, you guys are the Donald Trump people.’” Nick Apostolopoulos, from California, welcomed the attention Mr Trump’s speech brought—and said his presence proved “this party matters, and that they have to try and appeal to this voting bloc.”

Few believed that Mr Trump won much support. He promised to appoint a Libertarian to his cabinet and commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, who is serving life in prison after founding the dark-web equivalent of Amazon for illegal drugs. The crowd responded positively to Mr Trump’s nod to a Libertarian cause célèbre, but booed after he asked them to choose him as the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee. Mr Trump hit back, “If you want to lose, don’t do that. Keep getting your 3% every four years.”

Mr Kennedy was more disciplined, tailoring his speech to the crowd by highlighting his opposition to covid lockdowns. Even so he received a cool reception. Libertarians want a candidate who will promise to abolish, not reform, government agencies.

The reality is that Libertarians are more interested in positions than personalities. The exception may be the broad admiration for Ron Paul, a retired Republican congressman whom many cite as their lodestar. But at 88 Mr Paul has achieved the difficult feat of being considered too old to plausibly run for president.

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But the party is far from unified. Given the choice between Mr Oliver and “none of the above”, more than a third of the delegates preferred no one. It remains uncertain whether the party’s candidate will appear on the ballot in all 50 states, as several previous nominees have. If the Libertarian candidate has any influence on the presidential election this year, it will be as a spoiler in a close-run swing state.

Mr Oliver’s victory marked a rare defeat for the Mises Caucus. But the re-election of Angela McArdle, a Mises Caucus member, as the national party chairperson is perhaps more important to the future of the movement. Ms McArdle faced criticism for her decision to invite outside candidates to speak. Controversy over the Mises Caucus had led several state delegations to split, and much of the convention’s floor time was eaten up over fights about whom to recognise. The rise of the Mises wing of the party has led more pragmatically minded members to largely give up on the project of advancing libertarian ideas by building a political party.

The party struggles on big stages, such as in presidential, gubernatorial or Senate contests. Yet it occasionally wins municipal elections, leaving some to wonder whether national activism is pointless or even counter-productive. Why would Libertarians invest time in a hopeless race for president when they could direct their energy to fighting a local sales tax or antiquated laws restricting alcohol sales?

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The party faithful believe that national and local activism are not mutually exclusive. Elijah Gizzarelli won fewer than 3,000 votes when he ran for governor of Rhode Island as a Libertarian two years ago, but he argues that the party has a long record of success—so long as the definition of success expands beyond winning elections. He says the party succeeds by shifting the “Overton window”, or the spectrum of political ideas that are generally considered acceptable.”

[doculicious]

Donald J. Trump will continue to be 2024 presidential primary, caucus and general election ballots as he should be.

[nodynasty4us]

From the October 30, 2023 article:

On Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, Nevada will hold a state-run primary.... It means nothing. The winner doesn't get any delegates. Two days later, on Feb. 8, 2024, the Nevada Republican Party will hold caucuses, like Iowa. That's where all the delegates will be chosen. ... The consequence of all this is that Nevada could have two winners. Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Mike Pence filed to run in the primary.... The winner won't get any delegates but will get a ton of publicity and some momentum, which may be more valuable than the handful of Nevada delegates. Two days later, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, and Doug Burgum will compete for the actual delegates in the caucus. When the caucus winner is announced, there will be less publicity and a lot of explanations of why the state had both. Haley's strategy is probably smart. She is likely to win the primary, since all she has to do is outpoll Scott and Pence. Headlines everywhere the next day will be "Nikki Haley Wins the Nevada Primary." People in other states won't understand that she didn't get any delegates. When Trump wins the caucuses 2 days later, a lot of people are going to be scratching their heads and saying: "But didn't Haley already win Nevada?"

[improvisateur777]

Les USA, cette république bananière ?!

Comment un pays aussi innovant que les Etats-Unis, grâce, entre autres, à une jeunesse tout à la fois dynamique que créative, va, selon toute vraisemblance, se retrouver en Novembre 2024 obligé de choisir entre un vieux pervers narcissique doublé d'un délinquant politique et un octogénaire pratiquement sénile, prêt à utiliser toutes les combines afin de rempiler pour quatre autres années.

[progressivemillennial]

Trump 2024: Fuck Around and Find Out

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An open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives

Protect Shareholder Rights for Climate Responsibility!

142 so far! Help us get to 250 signers!

Corporations’ impact on the environment is outsized and concerning to Americans and investors alike. Many firms and nonprofit organizations work to hold corporations accountable and help them transition to meet a changing climate and economy. The House Judiciary Committee is using its time and taxpayer dollars to open an antitrust investigation targeting shareholder representative As You Sow and 13 other organizations working to secure corporate action on climate change. This is an attack on all Americans’ freedom of choice, freedom to invest, and freedom to assess and address risk. Investors have a legal right to engage and interact with other shareholders and the companies in which they hold a financial stake. They certainly also have the right to point out the grave economic risks of climate change. Climate-induced superstorms and wildfires are wiping out homes and making insurance unaffordable. Extreme heat, floods, and droughts are reducing harvests of wheat, sugar, coffee, cacao, and cotton, leading to increased prices for all Americans. In 2023 the U.S. had 28 climate-related disasters costing $92.9 billion. Climate change already impacts all Americans and our economy. I do not support this investigation and hope you will join me in calling out this waste of time and taxpayer dollars. I also urge you to join the Sustainable Investment Caucus that is standing up for our freedom to invest responsibly. Thank you for your consideration.

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Minority Caucus proposes solutions to deal with energy sector debts - Nsemkeka

Minority Caucus proposes solutions to deal with energy sector debts – Nsemkeka The Minority in Parliament has outlined a three-point strategy to help government address Ghana’s ballooning energy sector debts. The Caucus is urging President Mahama’s administration to adopt a more structured, sustainable, and stakeholder-driven approach rather than burdening citizens with what it describes as…

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Creator Caucus launches in Congress with help from Patreon, YouTube

Representatives Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) launched the bipartisan Congressional Creators Caucus on Thursday, which goals to help the creator economic system. Although it as soon as appeared like a pipe dream to make a residing on the web, this trade has turn out to be a actuality — Oxford Economics estimates that YouTube’s ecosystem alone powered over 390,000 full-time equal…

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Bipartisan caucus criticizes proposed NASA science budget cuts

A photo montage showing sample tubes shortly after they were deposited onto the surface by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS WASHINGTON — The bipartisan co-chairs of a congressional caucus have criticized proposed cuts in NASA’s science programs, marking the first Republican opposition in Congress to the plans. In an April 15 statement, the co-chairs of the…