2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For 2020, the Democratic Party Should Take Back Its Nomination Methods [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)or the other twenty-some states which have no party voter registration?
A suggested solution -- make them register twice, once to vote, and once for the party -- is fucking useless.
Face it, my friend. Your position ironically disenfranchises the very people that you want to vote. Why? And again, how will that work? Nobody advocating all closed primaries explains that, let alone how to make it work in states like Michigan without disadvantaging Michigan and its voters.
Face it! Admit it! This is all about Hillary not doing well in open primaries. It is the same reason why Hillary supporters don't like caucuses. Of course, an all closed primary system would allow the national and state parties more control of how and who gets on the ballot. Let that sink in for a second.
If one wants the Democratic Party to calcify and not expand (but fossilize) one might take on exclusionary policies like a universally inane and unworkable closed primary system.
I dread for my party if this is what is wanted by the "elites", who apparently know abso-fucking-lutely nothing.
And people post about the GOP destroying itself. I know of no better way of destroying a political party than to be exclusionary.
Thank you for your responses.