As far as I can tell, Iowa's "Caucus" system is very anti-democracy in nature as it appear to exclude from the democratic process those Iowa citizens who are:
1. Members of our Armed Forces whose duties, in places far from Iowa, protect us from very evil men and their anti-civilization ideologies;
2. The aged and infirm who are physically unable to attend or fully participate in the demanding caucus meetings;
3. Adult students enrolled in schools far from their election districts and without the funds for overnight travel to and from such caucuses;
4. Those (eg Medical workers, fire-fighters, many law-enforcement officers, prison guards) whose essential duties keep them from caucuses;
5. Such persons employed in transporting goods-and-services so essential to all of us, those employed in industries/businesses whose work-schedules exclude participation ;
6. Homemakers who are unable to either take children to such events or to sustain/control them during that demanding process; And,
7. Of course, those citizens who do NOT wish their political preferences known to their neighbors.
WHY?
If Iowa effectively provides for those persons, those measures have not been made known to me. It seems to me that primary elections with absentee ballots available to needful persons is superior to any caucus circus.
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