Early caucuses hold too much sway

The Open Forum

For the life of me, I cannot understand why Iowa somehow becomes the kingmaker in our presidential process. The most recent results show that nearly 110,000 mostly rural white people cast their vote in the process, and Trump got slightly more than 56,000 votes. Now we have to listen to him bray like a donkey about how popular he is.

So we move on to New Hampshire, another mostly white state with a small population that is unrepresentative of the rest of the country.

There are many things that need improvement in this country, and this primary process is first and foremost. We need to move to a National Primary Day where candidates have to run a nationwide campaign that appeals to all the voters, not just the party activists who come out no matter what. Then we all vote on one day as a nation.

We’ve had campaigns of both parties spending enormous sums of their coffers traveling around Iowa to court extremist bases. None of these people, on both sides of the aisle, have anything in common with me, but by the time we get to vote here, the die is cast, and our votes become mostly irrelevant. This current primary setup contributes to the divisiveness in this country. We need to change it.

When Donald Trump wins a caucus or election, it’s all fair and square and tremendous! When Trump loses, it’s rigged against him.

This is the very definition of a con man and should be in and of itself a reason not to vote for him.

No other politician does this. It’s a convenient untruth for Trump. Wake up, America, before we all get conned again!

Agricultural Equipment Act, which is what is being referred to with the reference to “spark plugs.”

This act actually allows farmers/ ranchers to repair high-tech farm equipment. Check out what it’s really about before you scoff at the actual ramifications of the legislation that was passed.