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people willing to run for office as a third party _and_ not be a fringe weirdo I genuinely believe Bernie could have won if he stayed independent. The two pol
by myowncrapulence 10y ago
people willing to run for office as a third party _and_ not be a fringe weirdo
I genuinely believe Bernie could have won if he stayed independent. The two political parties are owned and operated as Corporations. They can choose whoever they want to represent them. There are no laws governing their inter-party behavior. This is why non-party candidates need to be taken seriously.
- komali2 10y agoI voted for Bernie, but how could he win independent if he couldn't win the Democratic primary?
- yesiamyourdad 10y agoBecause the primary/caucus process disenfranchises the majority of the electorate. I believe this is why the GOP produces such poor candidates in the last 20 years or so; they must pander to the hard core of the party to become a candidate, and the people that pass that test are almost always too far removed from the electorate to win the general. This is also why we're devolving to a system of ruling families. Clinton was never the best candidate. She was the presumed candidate and the candidate preferred by the party core, so nobody was willing to challenge - except Sanders who could seriously run on ideology.
- Godel_unicode 10y agoIn theory they can choose whoever they want, however in practice if the small percentage of the electorate who actually vote pick e.g. Trump, the party is stuck with them
- myowncrapulence 10y agoI have a feeling this is slowly changing.