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Democratic [and Republican] caucuses are not very democratic.

February 3, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Civil Rights, Media, Voting/Elections 2 comments

What’s so [small-d] democratic about this year’s [capital D] Democratic and Republican caucuses? Not much. The first time I caucused–back in 1972, in Missouri–I

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