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California doesn't have party primaries. There's a June election and the top two vote winners go on to November, even if from the same party. That's why Califo
by WildUtah 10y ago
California doesn't have party primaries.
There's a June election and the top two vote winners go on to November, even if from the same party. That's why California has a chance to prevent a second Feinstein in Kamala Harris. It will be two Democrats in November: drug prosecutor Harris and grassroots liberal Loretta Sanchez.
- jonah 10y agoThis is new though.
- incongruity 10y agoThat's a start, but until you can let people stop having to pick between voting their conscience and voting out of fear, the parties and incumbents can still wield a lot of power, IMHO. Having an election that lets people rank their preferences could remove the voting out of fear and let us actually focus on voting for our hopes and our ideals.
- gozur88 10y agoThat's just a recognition of reality, though. The Democrats are so dominant these days the party primary is the election. They thought it might be nice to hold the election on election day.