An OPEN PRIMARY would go a long way toward fixing our democracy!
Here's how it could work:
Everybody votes for Everybody who is running - RANK them all from 1 to umpteen.
The person with the most #1 votes and the person with the most #2 votes then run against each other in the election; no matter which party they are in.
Here's how it could work:
Everybody votes for Everybody who is running - RANK them all from 1 to umpteen.
The person with the most #1 votes and the person with the most #2 votes then run against each other in the election; no matter which party they are in.
- This would stop the primaries being only for the "base" of the parties.
- It would allow independents or smaller parties to get votes from anybody not in their party.
- Any questions of who is "electable" are allayed and it encourages ALL candidates to try to appeal to ALL voters.
