“A representative republic means that the delegates represent the voters.”
Which is what a caucus does. You elect a slate of delegates.
>Which is what a caucus does. You elect a slate of delegates.
Which you have no way of knowing who they support or if they’re lying about their support. Ya, no thanks. It takes very little effort to have a presidential preference poll and then binding delegates to the results and the only reason not to do is to rig the process.