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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For 2020, the Democratic Party Should Take Back Its Nomination Methods [View all]tularetom
(23,664 posts)77. Why bother to pretend any longer that we have a two party system?
In reality we have a single party in the US - the Corporate Party. It has two wings, one of which gives lip service to a bunch of feel good social programs and, the other which now nakedly appeals to the nativists and bigots among us.
But neither of these two sub-parties has any intention of wresting control of the government from the hands of banks, corporations, globalism and the ultra wealthy and restoring it to the people.
Consequently, a list of "reforms" that effectively makes the Democratic wing of the corporate party more exclusive and less small d democratic is a waste of time.
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For 2020, the Democratic Party Should Take Back Its Nomination Methods [View all]
MineralMan
May 2016
OP
it is actually democratic - a private organization allowing all its members to participate. anyone
msongs
May 2016
#39
create a category - everybodyelse/independents and persons running that category can pay for that.
msongs
May 2016
#41
Open up to everyone to vote...and the popular vote wins. (after counting paper ballots)
bkkyosemite
May 2016
#6
...'I have some doubts about how applicable some of this is to any election in the near future'...
HumanityExperiment
May 2016
#125
It would probably cost about $3 minimum per ballot not including counting of the ballots.
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#66
We have examples of people who thought they were registered properly but were not.
hellofromreddit
May 2016
#88
You can bet your sweet bippy that work is feverishily ongoing as we tappy tap at our keyboards
Fumesucker
May 2016
#15
bernie sanders could have become a democrat any time but chose to wait 73 yrs then demand the
msongs
May 2016
#43
With a primary everything between a precinct/county caucus and state convention would be eliminated.
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#67
I'm good with this except for number 2. And all locations need paper trails for vote confirmation.
floriduck
May 2016
#19
I didn't question that. I meant you won't get both parties to have their primaries on the same day.
floriduck
May 2016
#63
I would wonder whether having parties financing primaries as voters could possibly vote in more than
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#68
I'd be good with ranked choice and one round. Probably do the one vote in March
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#51
IMO there is no reason to have majority winner. It is a matter of delegate count.
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#70
Yes, very few understand the SDs. The media is primarily at fault with it.
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#75
Sorry, but nobody should be a part of deciding the Dmeocratic nominee but Democrats.
MohRokTah
May 2016
#87
Amen! Since when did we begin test driving the "small tent" model for party obsolescence?
Vote2016
May 2016
#59
Condense the calendar while we're at it. Having 5 states per week vote cuts it to 10 weeks, max.
BobbyDrake
May 2016
#64
Primary elections are paid for by tax payers, therefore they should all be open.
B Calm
May 2016
#74
no caucuses, just one person/one vote in every state , standardize it nationally, it is a national
larkrake
May 2016
#104
Having closed primaries, and especially when voters are purged by the millions beyond that, is like
Time for change
May 2016
#126