2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWho gets to decide how we vote in the Primaries? If we wanted to change to ranked voting, eg,
is it done with the Platform or some other way?
I think ranked voting, even when down to two candidates would be very helpful. You could rank the candidate of your heart in first place, the candidate of your head in the second place, and assign no vote or a 0 to one who gets a vote of no confidence. This would give the party a whole lot more detailed picture of who we want to support.
brooklynite
(94,596 posts)...all the DNC does is allocate delegates, and give a basic frame for the Primary calendar.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)brooklynite
(94,596 posts)Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)For caucuses, the parties decide.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)There is no Democratic one primary fits all... I am for closed primaries because I have seen the GOP trash Dem primaries before. Also, Democrats pick a Democratic candidate and that is as it should be. I live in Ohio which is an open primary state.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)negotiated between DNC and the state parties. Thats why we see changes of the dates for states between election cycles. Primaries should and are in most cases, closed...so outside forces can't interfere with choices...the way it should be.....if a voter wishes to participate in the process...first rule is to UNDERSTAND the process....and not whine about after the fact....
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Elections are state-run things, even party primaries.
It would have to be changed in each individual state. Here in Minnesota, we're experimenting with ranked-choice voting. So far, only for local elections. Some voters like it. Others do not like it. Will it be expanded to all elections? Probably not within the next four years. It's still in the testing phase.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)the extra work, and understandably so. Still, if we'd had it in place, we might not have had LePage for two terms.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Both times it was for city officials in St. Paul. It worked OK, but the ballot is a little confusing, as many voters said. It also increases the size of the ballot considerably, and would do that even more in a large ballot with many candidates.
The worst part, from the general point of view, is that it's hard to understand as the votes are counted. Watching the TV news folks trying to explain it demonstrated why that is.
I like the idea, since it prevents costly run-off elections, but I can see how it will be unpopular with many people. Personally, I don't care. I'll vote intelligently on any ballot put in front of me. I understand ranked choice voting, so it doesn't bother me at all. Given the number of objections to it here in St. Paul, though, not everyone agrees with me.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Just curious.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)did the Green Party primaries employ ranked voting?
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Poor people? Uneducated people? Sick people? Old people?
Or...
Capitalists?