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Lets get rid of primary elections when electing our president
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RE: Lets get rid of primary elections when electing our president
What I want are open primaries. Let independents vote in primaries for Dems and Repubs and it'll hopefully pull the candidates back toward the center in an effort to win over a whole group of voters who get pushed to the side during primaries.

Independents are voters, too, and right now candidates are incentivised (sp?) to appeal to their base and only their base to even get to the nomination. Open it up.

If we had open primaries would Trump have been elected? Would Bernie have won the nom over Clinton?
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
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RE: Lets get rid of primary elections when electing our president - by Clueless Morgan - June 28, 2018 at 8:00 pm

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