Caucus chaos has some voters demanding a switch

With seven Super Tuesday victories, Donald Trump is in the driver seat. His wins gets him another step closer to the Republican nomination for president.

“Too bad winner didn’t take all, because if winner took all, this thing is over, we’re just having a celebration,” Trump said Tuesday night.

Bill Althoff is an El Paso County GOP delegate who doesn’t favor Trump, but when faced with a vote at the county convention later this spring he will support the nominee of his party.

“I will vote for Donald Trump if I have to,” Althoff said.

It’s this open-ended process where delegates aren’t bound to a candidate that has some Colorado Republicans upset.

“This was my first caucus, it was unusual, it was uneasy, it wasn’t my favorite,” Althoff said. “I don’t know if I would do it again.”

If Colorado went to a primary election voters could cast ballots from home and slip them in the mail.

Statewide, 122,000 Democrats caucused statewide, breaking the record set in 2008. However, the argument to switch to a presidential primary crosses party lines.

“People don’t understand what they’re doing,” Annie Schmitt with the Pikes Peak Dems said. “A lot of people yesterday thought they were going to cast a ballot and going to vote. It’s a confusing system to a lot of people and they just don’t participate.”

Approximately 6 percent of registered voters participated in the 2016 presidential caucuses.

Both Democrats and Republicans say talks are underway to move from a caucus to a primary for the 2020 presidential election.