Quote:
Originally Posted by Whaler17
So are you saying that the Republican Party elite have a process in place in which they can trump the states' electoral college distribution to select a candidate that the people thought was inferior to the alternative?
The Democratic Party's process is VERY different than the Republicans, and there is no logical argument otherwise!!!
|
It still amounts to the same thing.
The very existence of a primary limits the people you can choose to vote for in the general election. The party uses a focus group to eliminate all but one. The focus group is only used because it is more accurate than most measures- not because it is democratic.
The Crats have in the past lost based on focus group results (McGovern)... That is why they came up with superdelegates.
The whole process would be more democratic if there were NO primaries and run-off voting was used instead to ensure broad support... but of course neither party would enjoy that as it would put the party with the most candidates at a disadvantage... and at any rate level the field with third parties.