But then you really have a cabal of insiders who set strange party rules that end up controlling who can come out in many ways when the overwhelming majority of citizens have no strong party affiliation.gut;1794162 wrote:It's pretty commonly accepted that the moderates/independents don't vote much in primaries. We let the extremes of both parties pick our choices for President - in a record year I think only about 20% of Nov'16 voters are voting in the primaries.
So maybe we'll get better candidates when moderates/independents stop sitting out the nomination process.
Personally, I think the left-wing voters in Democratic primaries are as bat-shit crazy as the right-wingers, just different reasons/issues. These people need to be relegated to the fringe of politics, where they belong, where they have an important contribution to the dialogue but do not dictate policy.
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