2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Refusal to accept Clinton as the Nominee is Rooted in Misogyny and Racism [View all]Whimsey
(236 posts)It exists to elect democrats, not independents.
Bernie should have run as an independent and then he would have won and been on the presidential ballot as an independent.
And could have bypassed all the primary crap.
He is not a democrat and so the party did not unite around him, although a lot of independents, who are not democrats, did.
As can be seen from his supporters who refuse to support the democratic nominee, there is nothing in it for the democrats to make it easier for independents to vote in their primaries. Because those independent voters will not stay with the party anyways.
Both the democrats and republicans are suffering from this this year.
CA has non-party primaries, with the top two vote getters proceeding to the general regardless of their party, but not at the presidential level. That is a good way to go at the state level.