Wednesday, February 8

With presidential primary season in full swing it occurred to me I was not too familiar with the difference between a  election and a caucus.

The "caucus" is a system in which party members gather to discuss and declare their preferences for a candidate by writing a name on a piece of paper for hand-count by party officials.

It is believed to derive from the Algonquin Indian word caw-cawaasough - meaning "one who advises, a counselor."