Iowa Caucus................???

I can't imagine too many things less democratic than this, and sure I know it doesn't mean a hill of beans as far as the Iowa populace choosing a candidate goes so why bother? I lived in Iowa 38 years before moving to Arizona and still don't understand why a caucus and not a primary election of the people, or why a handful of friends and neighbors end up choosing. There are many criticisms of this process, and there is a debate over the effectiveness and usefulness of caucuses in Iowa. One criticism is that the caucuses, especially the Democratic caucus, are a step backwards from the right to a secret ballot. Also no delegates vote, party voters don't "vote", they are counted and the delegates sent to the convention from Iowa for each candidate depends on how many supporters they had at the caucus. Furthermore, the delegates are already handpicked by the candidates........now that's the democratic way!

Like anything else the press has gotten a hold of it and since 1972 it seems these caucus things are supposed to be so some importance. I remember turning 21 and being able to vote and following the primaries starting always with New Hampshire, even living in Iowa New Hampshire was the first. Sometime in my "hippie" years it seems Iowa and something called a caucus started to be talked about, I still must be high because I'm still lost as to why............why can't all citizens of Iowa vote? I guess it was 1972 that the Republican party started holding it's caucus on the same day as the democrats and that maybe brought it to the national media at any rate I think Iowa is now populated enough to have a primary. It's no longer a farm every 25 to 50 miles apart or near a town or community, it's time to move into age of populace voting.