Why is a caucus a better representation of direct democracy ?

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Stumping for Hillary on Saturday in Meadville, PA at my alma mater, Allegheny College, former president Bill Clinton started a new line of argumentation about why superdelegates should move to his wife's candidacy. The basic premise of the argument is that caucuses are undemocratic and unrepresentative. He claims that a delegate at the Democratic National Convention who is from a caucus state equals 2,200 voters, while a delegate from a primary state is worth 11,000. In the clip below, Clinton says he is glad to be in Crawford County because it is "the home of the direct primary...and I think direct primaries are good. They are more democratic--small 'd' as well as big 'D.'"

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