What's Better, Caucuses or Primaries?

   In the United States, when electing a Presidential nominee from both parties, Republicans and Democrats alike turn to either a primary voting system or caucus system.  Most famously, Iowa has been using the caucus system to elect their Presidential nominees during the primary process.  Most other states, however, use the primary voting system.
    Caucuses are held at the precinct level in schools, fire stations and sometimes even in individual's homes.  At these caucuses, those in attendance indicate their support for the candidates competing for each party's presidential nomination. In the Democratic party caucuses, votes are cast by raising hands, a sign-in sheet or by splitting into groups supporting each candidate. In the Republican caucuses, votes are cast by secret ballot, which is similar to the primary voting system in that each person writes down there choice on a piece of paper which is kept secret.  After these meetings are finished, each caucus selects delegates to send to each of the 99 county conventions, which are held in March.  At these county conventions, Republicans and Democrats use different means to select their delegates.  Democrats select delegates to district conventions where delegates to the state convention are chosen. Republicans bypass the district convention stage, choosing delegates to their state convention at the county conventions.  After this, in June, state convention delegates cast their votes for delegates to the national party conventions.
    Primaries, the more popular of the two ways to select a Presidential nominee, are held state by state with minor differences in each state.  Although there are minor differences state by state, primaries are basically the same as the Presidential election, except for the fact that only one party is being looked at.  People go in to various locations to cast their vote for who will represent a particular party on a national scale.
    At the end of the day, I really like the primary system over the caucus system.  Caucuses are much less straight forward than primary elections.  States that use primaries make it much easier for voters to place their opinions on a piece of paper.  I feel that caucuses are old and out dated and the country should turn to one unified way of selecting a Presidential nominee, and that way is primaries.