Opinion of Nonpartisan Blanket Primaries (Jungle, Top-2 etc.)

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Utterly terrible. Party members are the only people that should have a say in who their party runs for office.

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Utterly terrible. Party members are the only people that should have a say in who their party runs for office.

But who is a party member? Any voter can sign up for a party and just as easily sign up for a different party (or none at all) after an election is over.

Then get rid of state-mandated registration and let parties control who they admit and their own requirements for membership. The Democrats and the Republicans alike should be able to manage their own membership, rather than allowing the state to do so for them. This is how European parties and American third parties already work.

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Utterly terrible. Party members are the only people that should have a say in who their party runs for office.

But who is a party member? Any voter can sign up for a party and just as easily sign up for a different party (or none at all) after an election is over.

Then get rid of state-mandated registration and let parties control who they admit and their own requirements for membership. The Democrats and the Republicans alike should be able to manage their own membership, rather than allowing the state to do so for them. This is how European parties and American third parties already work.

Which is how the US did it before the public wanted primaries to have a say in the party selection process. In my observation of German elections, the general public had no primary to help form the list of candidates that went to the general election.

So, are you willing to abolish primaries as well as party registration?

Sure. I mean if the trade off is stronger parties, then yes, I would be all for it.