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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
The Coming Freak-out Over the California Primary
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/millions-of-california-indies-banned-from-democratic-primary.htmlIf you thought the brouhaha over Iowas delayed vote count was the last complaint youd hear during the nominating season, get ready for another in California on March 3. No, Im not talking about the likelihood of a very slow count in the Golden State (more about that later), but about the increasingly loud complaints from the Bernie Sanders camp about the difficulties independent voters face in participating in this primary, as Politico reported recently:
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders charged Friday that Californias primary system threatens to disenfranchise millions of independent voters whose support he has cultivated in the nations most populous state. Sanders said Friday during a press conference in Santa Ana that he and his team have been campaigning hard to reach Californias 5.3 million no-party-preference voters, who now represent the second largest voting bloc in the state at 25.9 percent ahead of Republicans, who comprise 23.7 percent
Unfortunately, under the current NPP participation rules, we risk locking out millions of young people millions of young people of color and many, many other people who wanted to participate in the Democratic primary but may find it impossible for them to do so, he said. And that seems to me to be very, very wrong.
The root of the problem here is that party preferences in California have become relatively insignificant thanks to the establishment via a 2010 ballot initiative of a nonpartisan top-two primary system in which everyone in the state gets the same ballot for sub-presidential contests that includes all the candidates competing regardless of party, with the top two vote winners proceeding to the general election. But voters are still asked to designate a party preference when registering, which makes those registration rolls a hot property for campaigns and other purchasers, and also guides the one partisan primary still remaining: the quadrennial presidential primaries.
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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The Coming Freak-out Over the California Primary (Original Post)
Celerity
Feb 2020
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empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. BS worried? trump-like 'rigged' stuff getting geared up?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
honest.abe
(8,685 posts)2. Reading that article was painful.
Yes, no doubt the Bernie gang will be pissed and blaming the system is rigged if they dont come out winning big in CA.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Walleye
(31,051 posts)3. Making it too hard for republicans to screw with us?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden