Democratic Primaries

sweetloukillbot

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10. We, the DEMOCRATIC PARTY, shouldn't pick our nominee?

Thu Feb 27, 2020, 02:29 PM

Feb 2020

You do understand that primaries and caucuses and the convention are the party picking the nominee, don't you? I'm a member of the party, I get to vote in a primary to pick the nominee.
That's the process. It's not that difficult to understand. I've got a ballot on my kitchen table that I'm going to send in telling what my choice for the candidate is. If I wasn't in the party, I wouldn't have one.
Now there are some states that allow people who aren't in the party to help choose the nominee. Places where Republicans register and vote for people in order to skew the selection from the actual party members. I don't think that's particularly fair.
Membership has its privileges.
The public - everyone who isn't in the party - gets to vote in the general election.
It's really simple and I'm not sure why people like Shaun King have trouble understanding the process.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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"The party decides its nominee. The public doesn't really decide the nominee." [View all] DanTex Feb 2020 OP

Welcome to representative democracy. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #1

'Mobs' were a common fear empedocles Feb 2020 #5

History. squirecam Feb 2020 #14

Huh? Superdelegates are representative democracy? DanTex Feb 2020 #19

You don't know what a representative democracy is. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #26

I think that he knows what it is. Malmsy Feb 2020 #37

That doesn't appear to be the case. ehrnst Feb 2020 #45

Of course I do. And it has utterly nothing to do with party insiders overriding the will DanTex Feb 2020 #38

"overriding the will View profile of the people in selecting a presidential nominee." ehrnst Feb 2020 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Malmsy Feb 2020 #36

Re: representative democracy (really) Twilight Zone NoDakLinda Feb 2020 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueTillIDie Feb 2020 #2

"They"? Just who are "they"? George II Feb 2020 #20

When the party picked Presidential timber, the quality of choices was higher. empedocles Feb 2020 #3

good point. probably not a popular one here, but ... stopdiggin Feb 2020 #12

Harding, Pierce, Buchanan, all in the era before primaries Spider Jerusalem Feb 2020 #24

Absolutely right through the lens of history. CincyDem Feb 2020 #34

the candidate does not get to make himself nominee unless he has a majority of delegates and that's msongs Feb 2020 #4

WOW!! Good to know. So all the money wasted on campaigns is just that? Wasted? blueinredohio Feb 2020 #6

The public doesn't even get to vote for the President of the United States. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #7

True that. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #30

The primaries elect delegates to the convention AGeddy Feb 2020 #8

A representative democracy can be a real surprise to those who skipped 7th grade civics. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #9

Lol squirecam Feb 2020 #17

well put! quelle surprise! (nt) stopdiggin Feb 2020 #23

I know this is a joke and it IS funny, but how awful is it that Squinch Feb 2020 #29

We, the DEMOCRATIC PARTY, shouldn't pick our nominee? sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #10

don't waste your breath. this wasn't intended to be stopdiggin Feb 2020 #22

Where do people get the idea that the party decides it's nominee? That's simply not true. George II Feb 2020 #11

When voters in Iowa and NH tell pollsters that X has best chance to beat Trump then vote for Y & Z Skya Rhen Feb 2020 #13

How did the Libertarian and Green Parties pick their nominee in 2016? AGeddy Feb 2020 #15

Bernie actually helped WRITE those rules. ahlnord Feb 2020 #18

Yes, the party gets to choose its nominee. ahlnord Feb 2020 #16

But the Democratic Party JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #21

"Sorry to the young people who are our future but your opinions just don't matter" ripcord Feb 2020 #25

It's not a free for all. The Party is supposed to be choosing from among it's own members. PubliusEnigma Feb 2020 #27

Here we have all this angst because the Democratic party allowed an outsider in. Guess they should Autumn Feb 2020 #28

How does that old saying go again? awesomerwb1 Feb 2020 #31

70% of the party does not support sanders Gothmog Feb 2020 #32

Please stop with the pearl clutching... He's talking about the ehrnst Feb 2020 #33

Shaun King is a truly annoying source, IMO irisblue Feb 2020 #35

When he says "the party" he's referring to the Democratic establishment. Aaron Pereira Feb 2020 #39

"The public" includes Republicans, Greens etc. who should not select D nominees. Tactical Peek Feb 2020 #40

The Democratic Party is a PRIVATE ORGANIZATION Moderateguy Feb 2020 #41

They will lose the election. I guess they don't care about winning. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #43

Maybe, the point is they don't owe anyone anything Moderateguy Feb 2020 #46

They're a national party. They owe a lot of people something. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #47

Primary turnout is so low anyway frazzled Feb 2020 #48

Why should non party members decide a party's leader? tirebiter Feb 2020 #49