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brooklynite

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7. No they're not...

Reply to J_William_Ryan (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 6, 2023, 06:51 PM

Aug 2023

With respect to the nomination of Presidential candidates, the ultimate authority lays with the National and State Parties who can choose to have Primaries, Caucuses, or decisions made by State Party Committees. Remember, you're NOT voting for a Presidential candidate; you're voting for delegates to a national Convention, who can have whatever autonomy their State Parties grant them.

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its time to end primary elections [View all] moonshinegnomie Aug 2023 OP

disagree Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #1

So a president could win with 20 percent or even less depending on numbers. jimfields33 Aug 2023 #2

uh, no. Anarchy is not the answer. n/t Attilatheblond Aug 2023 #3

Federal elections are the sole purview of the states. J_William_Ryan Aug 2023 #4

No they're not... brooklynite Aug 2023 #7

Correct. lastlib Aug 2023 #10

Two thoughts genxlib Aug 2023 #5

In order to go to a multi party Casady1 Aug 2023 #8

A beyond stupid proposal. brooklynite Aug 2023 #6

Plus how would the order on the ballot be determined? MichMan Aug 2023 #12

Randomized, like California Retrograde Aug 2023 #14

OK, so same issue. MichMan Aug 2023 #15

Read the voters' guide beforehand Retrograde Aug 2023 #17

I'd say 95% of Counties don't publish a "Voter's Guide" brooklynite Aug 2023 #20

Then maybe they should Retrograde Aug 2023 #21

If your goal is just to imagine a better election system, however unlikely it is... brooklynite Aug 2023 #22

So you're going to pay for the Voting Guides...when? ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #24

We could even require voters to pass a test proving they read it before being allowed to vote MichMan Aug 2023 #28

More like a thousand. TwilightZone Aug 2023 #19

I'm old enough to remember when we had county and district caucuses Glorfindel Aug 2023 #9

Yes, let's change every longstanding institution marybourg Aug 2023 #11

This is a case where the author clearly needs to self-delete their thread. n/t elocs Aug 2023 #13

Why? Has the discussion not been civil and informative? Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2023 #16

Hundreds of people run for president in each party every cycle. TwilightZone Aug 2023 #18

Combine that with recent reductions in polling places - BlueSpot Aug 2023 #26

No. See post above. emulatorloo Aug 2023 #23

I'm not digging through 1200 names ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #25

It's not our fault that the GOP is bound to a base that's full of racists, sexists, etc blogslug Aug 2023 #27