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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:12 PM Original message |
Why do we have primary elections? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. For parties to choose their nominee. |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. For "Parties" to choose |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't object to a culling process for parties, but voter registration |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Why don't you object? |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I'd rather the taxpayers in general fund it that a few wealthy individuals |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Not me |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Well, hell, let's just box it up and hand it to them with a pretty bow on top. |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. What in the world are you talking about? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Without a primary, NOONe could EVER get a majority vote! |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Sure they would |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. We could go back to the old method of party bosses trading their bloc of votes |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. We have NO RIGHT |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Convention picks for a presidential candidate are history. It's the state primaries |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. And they shouldn't/ |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Your tax dollars go to fund the election process, not the candidate. |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I am totally fine with paying taxes for elections |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. To give the impression that the people have anything at all to do with who the leaders are. |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. So we can pick the slab of meat who will best represent us..sorta |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because we are too stupid to implement IRV/concordat systems. n/t |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. what we should have is a runoff ballot |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. I smell a Naderite disruptor... |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I smell a hall monitor who wants to stifle debate |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. A coin toss just doesn't address any issues |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. If we had instant runoff elections |
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