Bottom line problem: No black or brown person will be on any primary ballot

[StarfishSaver]

92. I don't think you're ignoring the problem

I'm referring to others who are dismissing it.

But the issue of "support" is my point. Support is being determined by polls, which are driven by media attention, which is driven by polls and also determine who can raise money. All of this can impact "support" as it shows up in polls. And when this "support" is used to determine who gets on the ballot before anyone has cast a vote, there's something wrong.

And I have a problem with the notion of "black support." Beside the fact that polls notoriously miscount black voters, black voters opinions in polls are often driven, not by whom they actually support but who they think can win - which factors in our understanding of racism and sexism. But using that "support" to determine who ends up on the ballot completely discounts the entire point of a campaign - to CONVINCE voters to change their minds and vote for a particular candidate.

Weeding out candidates before the voting takes place supplants the views of the media for the voters. It is wrong.

And this isn't about just giving black voters a chance to support black candidates. White voters should have just as much opportunity to select from a diverse slate of candidates. The process, as it operates now, deprives ALL voters, not just black ones, of that opportunity.