• DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip
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    51 minutes ago

    Yeah but this pretty much reinforces a two party system with virtually no hope of it ever changing.

    What if I wanted to vote for a Democratic treasurer or whatever but wanted an independent state legislature that can’t happen unless I ONLY vote for ALL the independent options.

    That’s a horrible, rigged system that needs thrown away and changed.

    Why not an R or a D or an I next to all the runners names? Why am I locked in on one party or NOTHING? It’s crazy man

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      30 minutes ago

      Because primary elections are about party candidates that will be supported by the particular party in the general election. If you want an independent state legislature, that needs to happen in the general election where you are choosing from all the candidates.

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        25 minutes ago

        Yes, but what if I would like to have a say in more than one party’s candidate?

        Its all or nothing. All democratic, or nothing. All independent or third party whatever they say on the ballot, or nothing. All republican, or nothing.

        Sure I get you can’t pick like a democratic AND republican candidate for the same position but what if I really like the independent treasurer running but also recognize the importance of unseating the republicans in current power and want democratic nominees for everything else?

        Well, I’d have to go with democratic because I know that’s the only snowball chance in hell to get rid of the republicans and I’m screwed out of the opportunity to vote for the independent treasurer running because now I can choose only the democratic ones running.

        It is not a good or fair system and it is the reason we will forever have a two party system. Its junk. Rigged, to a certain degree.

        Ranked choice voting or something similar is the way it should be done.