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2016 Postmortem

Vote2016

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8. Outside of a couple battleground states, top of the ticket unity is not all that important. If there

Reply to YouDig (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2016, 10:56 AM

May 2016

is party rules reform, a progressive platform, a decent ticket, and a useful roll for the FDR-Sanders-Warren wing of the party at the convention and beyond, there will be unity.

If DWS and lobbyists continue to have dominance at the DNC, if the platform is all double-talk and centrist pablum, if the VP nominee is a neocon or a neoliberal, and if the HRC-DWS wing of FDR's party freezes out the FDR-Sanders-Warren wing of the party at the convention and beyond, there will not be unity.

The movement will go forward either way; the question is whether it goes on within the Democratic Party or parallel to the Democratic Party.

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In college, we had a ranked voting system for student government. [View all] YouDig May 2016 OP

And it wasn't free. Go figure......LOL Trust Buster May 2016 #1

Are you sure you're on the right forum? think May 2016 #3

No it was not. LOL YouDig May 2016 #4

Have read about this way of voting and like the idea a lot. oldandhappy May 2016 #2

It could really resolve a lot of the angry disputes, right? YouDig May 2016 #5

This sounds similar to caucusing. libtodeath May 2016 #6

It was done online. You go to the website and rank. YouDig May 2016 #7

Sounds real secure. libtodeath May 2016 #10

Probably not. But rigging the student election would not be worth the effort. YouDig May 2016 #12

Outside of a couple battleground states, top of the ticket unity is not all that important. If there Vote2016 May 2016 #8

Hmmm...you are suggesting we adopt run off voting? nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #9

Yeah, that's what I'm suggesting. I think everyone benefits. YouDig May 2016 #11

Go back to school and take a poli sci class in comparative government nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #14

No insults yo, not necessary. YouDig May 2016 #15

It is not an insult nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #16

Yes it is. Cmon nb, don't play dumb. You're smart! YouDig May 2016 #17

No shit. That's what Nader said. If the Dems are so freaked out about third party challenges they Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #13

Duh. TheBlackAdder May 2016 #18

So let's do it! Is Bernie talking about it? Where's the movement? YouDig May 2016 #19

Your posts indicate a complete lack of knowledge about the political system. A complete lack! TheBlackAdder May 2016 #20

Well, fuckin-a bubba, that wasn't nice at all. YouDig May 2016 #22

I was very interested a while back. It is also called "instant run-off", MH1 May 2016 #21