2016 Postmortem

John Poet

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22. Get Democratic control of all 50 state governments,

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 06:56 PM

Jun 2016

and then you could close all primaries-- presuming you could get those state governments to go along. The National Democratic Party can't do it-- they can't even mandate that a state spend taxpayer money to hold a primary at all.

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CBC: Open Primaries Dilute Minority Voting Strength [View all] bigtree Jun 2016 OP

I like Oklahoma Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #1

+1 JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #3

not many black voters in Oklahoma bigtree Jun 2016 #4

You would be surprised how many there are Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #12

I'm not in isolation bigtree Jun 2016 #25

Latinos and African Americans make up more than 16% of OK's population. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #30

point is bigtree Jun 2016 #31

I don't necessarily disagree, but it's tough to justify not allowing "independents" to participate. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #33

+1 n/t. okieinpain Jun 2016 #34

True nt Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #39

That's the California rule as well, right? democrattotheend Jun 2016 #37

62% of superdelegates are white, 58% are male. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #2

Then it sounds proportionate relative to US population... SD's sound like an even better idea uponit7771 Jun 2016 #20

I believe that a reasonable... Else You Are Mad Jun 2016 #5

Closed primaries are practically impossible in 20+ states. longship Jun 2016 #6

I hadn't thought about this before. Glad someone's pointing it out ... NurseJackie Jun 2016 #7

Get Democratic control of all 50 state governments, John Poet Jun 2016 #22

They do obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #8

Not if everyone voted in primaries on the same day... TCJ70 Jun 2016 #9

Nope, no open primaries obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #10

Agreed!! nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #16

That would require a heluva lot of people dumping their preferred candidates... Armstead Jun 2016 #19

I'm with them on open primaries, but the superdelegate argument is less convincing geek tragedy Jun 2016 #11

Superdelegates should be eliminated. Closed primaries would be okay if registration Vattel Jun 2016 #13

Primary elections are paid for by TAX PAYERS! That said alone, they should all be open. B Calm Jun 2016 #14

I prefer closed primaries but think that should be left to the party in each state to decide Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Armstead Jun 2016 #17

People can vote however they want in the general. Why not primaries to choose the candidates? Armstead Jun 2016 #18

Maybe. Maybe not. Ash_F Jun 2016 #21

This needs to be left up... Skid Rogue Jun 2016 #23

» bigtree Jun 2016 #24

I stand with the Congressional Black Caucus on this. In fact, after reading the threads and what BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #26

What about same day registration? democrattotheend Jun 2016 #38

Election-day registration might work in States with a smaller populace than say, California. But we BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #40

Closed primaries are voter suppression. As is requiring registration in the first redgreenandblue Jun 2016 #27

there's nothing 'suppressing' folks from registering as a Democrat bigtree Jun 2016 #28

I don't understand why anyone thinks open primaries is a good idea ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #29

It's a dumb idea and wasting time and political capital on this non-issue is dumb, too. randome Jun 2016 #36

Same day registration would solve part of the problem Buzz cook Jun 2016 #32

So everyone gets to vote for the Green Party, the GOP, the Democratic Party and so on, right? randome Jun 2016 #35

I agree with closed primaries, but not because of the influence factor. JRLeft Jun 2016 #41