Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumDid you know the Green Party has closed primaries?
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displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)Gee, I think they should change their rules to suit me. Today. Right now. Or else.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)they'd let everybody vote who wished to.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)And the rules they've had for decades have to go right now! The nerve. Subverting the will of the people much, Greens?
Seriously, do you think that BSers really understand how voting works in this country? Sadly, they sound uneducated on state party nominating processes. Wait until they have to face the reality of not getting into the convention just because they show up at the door. And don't even get me started on the electoral college!
I can't stop laughing...so much hypocrisy with these people, it's insane.
johnp3907
(3,732 posts)IamMab
(1,359 posts)I need to remember that one for the future.
IamMab
(1,359 posts)Bernie in NY, because of the closed primaries. But if I lived in NY, and wasn't registered with the Working Families Party, would I be allowed to vote in their primary? NO.
Talk about a manufactured nontroversy (sic).
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)They wanted to vote in ours this time.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)More than half the country isn't allowed to vote.
sheshe2
(83,787 posts)Lol~
Whimsey
(236 posts)Established parties have primaries to nominate members of their party. Bernie is (was) a carpetbagger as a democrat. He could have run on the socialist party platform. His supporters in large part do not consider themselves democrats, just Berniecats. But no one would have paid any attention to him if he had run on a third party ticket. He is not in it for principle, but for glory.
ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)Well how about that. Perfect video.
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)I'd suggest the name, 'The Donner Party.'
Cha
(297,287 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)the Libertarian Party and the GOP do, also. It's fine for other parties to have closed primaries since you-know-who isn't running in them, but not us.
Out of all things to throw tantrums about, this has to be the dumbest. They should've at least done research first and find out that other parties also do closed primaries, and that this isn't a new concept. This is just foolish.