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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)The Democratic Party is a membership organization. [View all]
Delegates who elect a nominee are All members of the Democratic Party.
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And evidently anyone who is not an adoring worshiper of the Anointed One is not allowed in.
hobbit709
May 2016
#3
Primaries should be closed, but party declaration should be right up to the casting of a vote.
TheBlackAdder
May 2016
#51
Unlike COSTCO, joining the Democratic Party is FREE...just check that little box
brooklynite
May 2016
#9
People pull that attitude over individual issues, why not party membership?
ContinentalOp
May 2016
#36
I've voted D in every election since 1972, mainly because the Democratic Party
hobbit709
May 2016
#55
Yeah, sure it is - Hill-think 101: The Democratic party is a corporate entity
AgingAmerican
May 2016
#14
Costco is one half of a duopoly that controls electoral politics in the country?
TheKentuckian
May 2016
#47
The 2 big political parties have an institutional monopoly on the political process.
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#22
Then the democracy is fake. Unless you join a private club, you may only get choice of two scumbags.
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#25
I don't have problem with funding schools, even though I don't attend one.
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#39
nope- you just need to check a stinking box. to prevent you from voting in BOTH primaries- you need
bettyellen
May 2016
#32
It does take time. And you have to know the rules. In some states you have to check the box months
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#34
Naah, if you don't have enough interest or loyalty to stick with something six months, you are
bettyellen
May 2016
#35
This is why people hate the government and have no confidence in the system.
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#44
People do not participate and then feel discounted... not such a smart plan. Change takes work- not
bettyellen
May 2016
#48
If you're implying that the party has complete freedom to screen voters in primaries, you're wrong.
Jim Lane
May 2016
#56
Fortunately, in my state, we don't register by party and can be anything we say we are.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2016
#58
But in the end, it's party members who cast the deciding votes at the convention.
onehandle
May 2016
#59
Not really. I've seen the party bosses shoot themselves in the foot many times.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2016
#60