Not all states allow voters to vote in primaries if they are not part of a political party. I live in one of these "closed primary" states and have no say in who I get to vote for until the general election. So, only some voters choose who is on the ballot.
That is a good policy and an absolute feature, not a bug.
See, this is the difference between people who want things to change, and those who like the status quo. More people will fall out of the parties because they are all terrible, therefore the parties have a much more outsized role in choosing who is on the ballot
We could just pool them all together and allow an open primary. Keep the top six and have them be voted on ranked choice style. Much better in my view that way
The billionaires who want to rule over the ignorati love this plan!
They wouldn't be able to toss billions into the election cycle to influence it like they do now with our current system. Why do you think that those people are actively trying to prevent RCV in the country, and trying to get it removed where it got voted into being used like in Alaska?
You apparently live in a fantasy world where getting rid of the voters picking candidates in the primaries makes money less important in the general. You can be sure the billionaires love this level of ignorance.
Like dude, actually read what is posted before you reply. It makes you look bad
You misread everything I said about how I would like to see voting done. First, a primary with every candidate, open to all voters in that voting block (local/city/state). Second, take the top 6 vote winners and then they are put into a general election where the winner is chose Ranked Choice
Yes this is completely insane and exactly what I'm talking about. Free reign for capture by rich assholes. Eliminating the one ability voters currently have to form stable coalitions counterweighing ratfucking billionaires.
People who aren't capable of deciding on which coalition they want to be a part of should not be voting for the makeup of the coalition, and also should consider some remedial civics courses before they vote at all.
Ah, I see. Well to that I say screw political parties. Work for the betterment of people
That's what they do if that's what their voters want. So in our current case Democratic party yes, Republican party no.
Neither party cares beyond what they can use to fundraise off of. Democrats just have a slightly better track record of what their voters want being better for the country than what Republicans and their voters want.
Fundraising has nothing to do with anything. Both parties want their candidates to win elections. Money helps, but only insofar as it allows them to campaign to voters in elections.
Such a simple person to believe that. Carrer politicians work to fundraise, not to represent voters. Look at how bad our congress and senate are because of that. They talk causes to fundraise off of, then we are lucky if there is even an attempt at following through with any promises made
Funny that they don't work to represent voters yet they are "career politicians" by virtue of winning open elections first of their coalition members and then of the general public. Wonder how that works?
Its true, and its fine. We wouldn't want republicans posing as dems in an open primary. Dems and reps get to pick their own horses. But since they're a duopoly, they effectively pick everyone's candidates. No I am not a dem. (Nor a rep). Increasingly disillusioned by my available choices.