2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For 2020, the Democratic Party Should Take Back Its Nomination Methods [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)And in some twenty-some other states!!!! BY STATE LAW!!!
There. I've run rings around you logically (Monty Python -- couldn't resist).
That kills your establishment party only closed primary system where the public is excluded.
If one has an election, whether a primary or otherwise, everybody gets to vote. PERIOD!
It really is that simple.
And although I have been a Democratic Party delegate multiple times and a county party officer, I was never issued a secret decoder ring. I just worked my ass off to elect Democrats. No special decoder rings. The proof was not a membership badge, it was what one accomplished.
What do you people have against the public voting? That's right. You think that they would likely not nominate your particular chosen candidate. For that, the rest of us have to suffer.
Open primaries everywhere. Let everybody vote, not just the select chosen few. And Hillary supporters are always talking about all her votes! As long as they are the right kind of votes, one would presume.
Sheesh!
As always,