Some thoughts on "disenfranchisement"

[Bad Thoughts]

First, by November, Democrats and Republicans will have votes twice for president, first in primaries and caucuses, then in the national election.

Second, independents in some states will have only voted once.

Third, citizens in US territories like Puerto Rico only get one chance to vote in the process: in primaries and caucuses. They don't even get to elect voting members of Congress.

Fourth, winner-take-all contests are less representative of the popular will than proportionment.

Fifth, primaries make voting easy.

Sixth, caucus make involvement and party-building rewarding and productive.

Ultimately, the nomination process allows the party to respect difference without leading to fragmentation. At times it make look "undemocratic", but it restrains tendencies toward polarization, atomization and demonization that are themselves "undemocratic."

[Fredda Weinberg]

1. Lipstick on a pig. You're just annoying the pig.

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