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Junior Chimp
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« on: May 25, 2015, 05:50:29 AM » |
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I think much of the issue of polarisation in US politics is driven by the primary system. Winning primaries requires appealing to the base where the threat is more likely to come from the fringe than the centre/moderates. AG's point about party membership is particularly relevant.
A way to correct this (which won't actually happen), might be to have some sort of proportional representation model to select 3 or 4 candidates per party (increasing the likelihood of at least one moderate) for the primary, followed by IRV in the General.
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