1. Don't know that I've ever, in my time in Utah, seen the caucuses so well promoted, what with the radio promos the Republican Party is doing and all.
2. The timing of this year's caucuses, in the future, might could be considered. If those attending the meetings were to want to encourage candidates to run, it would be better that the meetings were a little earlier. As is, the filing deadline is two days after the Democratic Party caucuses and the day (and in the evening after the elections offices have closed) of the Republican caucuses.
Rather than holding the meetings earlier, so those attending could encourage fellow citizens to file as candidates, the other option is to hold them late enough that all the candidates could attend. With the filing deadline being after the caucuses, it is possible some might decide to run after the meetings and thus not even be considered in the caucus discussions.
3. Would be interesting to know the impact the caucuses will have on party affiliations. About half of Utah's voters are not affiliated with any party. Though they do not need to affiliate to attend the meetings, one of the two major parties, the Republican Party, does ask them to join in order to become convention delegates. I heard the party chairman, Thomas Wright, say on KSL that you need to become a party member to vote on who is sent to convention as delegates. He noted you will be able to register as a Republican right at the meeting, it would be interesting to know if there will be a shift of registered voters from independent to Republican resulting from the caucuses. I might call up and get party membership totals the day before the caucuses and then a few days after the meetings, to see if there was much of a shift.
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