Nichlemn
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« on: May 17, 2016, 11:13:49 PM » |
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As a non-American, I don't think there's anything essential about the democratic nature of the selection process to begin with. Most democracies don't have primaries of any sort and still seem to function fairly well.
But to the extent there is a desire for "the will of the primary voters", I don't see anything wrong with them existing. I don't there is much of a chance of them ever being used in the sort of nefarious way a lot of their opponents fear. That was supposed to happen in 2008, but it didn't - the supers all flipped to the winner later. I don't ever see them "overruling the will of the voters" unless there is some clear ambiguity to what the voters actually want (e.g. a plurality winner, or an early frontrunner who collapsed near the end)
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