There was a time not that long ago that caucus night in Utah was a big deal. It was that precious opportunity for voters to get involved in grass-roots democracy and really make their voices heard in the first step toward nominating candidates.
They were imperfect, too often being co-opted by the most radical elements of both parties that chose delegates, who then go to conventions and subsequently pick candidates that too often didn’t really represent the mainstream Utahns.
Now, with a signature-gathering path to the primary ballot firmly in place, the caucuses are probably going to be even more of a gathering of the fringe than they were before.