I really don't understand why we allow this to happen. Lets just have one election every four years for our president. Whether it be 10 candidates or 2.
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Lets get rid of primary elections when electing our president
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(June 28, 2018 at 6:44 am)Libertarian God Wrote: I really don't understand why we allow this to happen. Lets just have one election every four years for our president. Whether it be 10 candidates or 2. I agree, I think that the primaries are a reason why we are getting more extreme candidates from both sides. There isn’t much participation apart from the more hard nosed Dems or Republicans. However my feeling is that in practice, they would have a less official primary and limit their prospects anyways. Really need to remove the party system, but that’s not easy either. Our political system has gathered a number of flaws over the years, and I don’t think they will be easy to remove them, without completely starting over.
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Do we still let each party pick their candidate?
I shudder at the thought of 10 political parties.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
RE: Lets get rid of primary elections when electing our president
June 28, 2018 at 7:53 am
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(June 28, 2018 at 6:44 am)Libertarian God Wrote: I really don't understand why we allow this to happen. Lets just have one election every four years for our president. Whether it be 10 candidates or 2. Um no. However, I would be willing to have laws passed to make elections publicly funded, and limit the campaign season. I am sick of the damned thing being 5 million years long. But no, there has to be some choices before you get to the general. (June 28, 2018 at 7:39 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Do we still let each party pick their candidate? That is a good point too. India may be an open society, but it also has thousands of political parties and far more of a pay gap and more poverty. Too many cooks as they say. The real problem has been gerrymandering over the past 30 years. (June 28, 2018 at 7:39 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Do we still let each party pick their candidate?It works up here .
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June 28, 2018 at 10:54 am
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(June 28, 2018 at 10:48 am)Brian37 Wrote:Just saying it works here in Canada we have(June 28, 2018 at 10:38 am)Tizheruk Wrote: It works up here . Every major part in Canada Liberal PC NPD Greens Every named minor party Libertarians Wild Rose The marijuana party The non party The Christian Socialists
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
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Wiki tells me that two parties dominate Canada's politics. Sounds pretty much like the US.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
How about we start by eviscerating the electoral college system.
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(June 28, 2018 at 6:44 am)Libertarian God Wrote: I really don't understand why we allow this to happen. Lets just have one election every four years for our president. Whether it be 10 candidates or 2. People used to complain about smoke-filled rooms at conventions deciding on the nominees.... that's why we now have primaries and the even more absurd "caucuses." But the fact is that conventions used to produce centrist candidates as opposed to the fascist fuckwits of the right or the bland and boring candidates of the... I don't even want to say "left" because the dems now hold the center and the left is invisible except in the nightmares of the fascisti. |
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