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hughee99

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2. IMHO, it's a bad thing.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:54 PM

Jun 2014

Each party should get to pick the person that represents them. What's the point of having a party if, when it comes time to pick the people to represent you, anyone can vote?

If the system is supposed to be intended to give the people the "best" choices to vote for, any system that encourages (or even make it easy for) people to push the worst candidate forward is not a good system.

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So, given what happened in VA are "open primary" states a good thing or a bad thing? [View all] CTyankee Jun 2014 OP

Okay, so how do these political parties help the average "human" person? nt valerief Jun 2014 #1

ideally, it helps likeminded folks w/o power coalesce and pool resources to work for what works for CTyankee Jun 2014 #6

So the Republican Congress is helping the average Republican. Ideally doesn't work! nt valerief Jun 2014 #8

only by fooling their own party. CTyankee Jun 2014 #9

IMHO, it's a bad thing. hughee99 Jun 2014 #2

Although I cheer the results of the VA primary, NV Whino Jun 2014 #3

A good thing if you have a bad party. yallerdawg Jun 2014 #4

Yup, my neighbor's reasoning. His wife vehemently disagrees...she identifies very strongly as a CTyankee Jun 2014 #7

open primaries are absurd Takket Jun 2014 #5

I wish we had them in PA. MadrasT Jun 2014 #10

Massachusetts has open primaries. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2014 #11