Will Bernie Sanders Split the Democratic Party in 2020?

[Perrenial Voter]

78. Bernie has been very clear in saying that within the political system as it currently exists, you

have to work within one of the major parties. He does not support third parties, since we don't have a European parliamentary system, where third parties can be part of a coalition government. Here in Maine, we initiated rank-choice voting to resolve the problem of that occurs when there are three viable candidates: the least popular one was governor for two terms (with 40% of the vote) because liberals split their vote. But, for now, we are stuck with a two party system in national elections. One problem with this is that primaries as they are currently conducted are necessarily structured to select the candidate who will compete best in the general election, because the voting cohorts in these elections are very different. My suggestion would be to 1) get rid of caucuses, which are inherently undemocratic. 2) Hold open primaries, so that at least independents can vote in them. 3) Use rank choice voting to select the candidate. The winner of the primary would be a candidate who at least most of the people who are likely to vote for a Democrat would at least find acceptable.