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Exactly; this is why we frequently get such lousy candidates winning in the primaries, who then go to the general election for everyone to vote on.
by magduf 8y ago
Exactly; this is why we frequently get such lousy candidates winning in the primaries, who then go to the general election for everyone to vote on.
- craftyguy 8y agoI tend to credit the two party system for there being a general lack of good candidates who make it into the general election with only two having more than a remote chance of winning.
- magduf 8y agoDuverger's Law only applies to the general election, where each main party only fields one candidate. It doesn't work for primaries, where the party has lots of candidates running. There's nothing really stopping the parties from selecting better candidates in their primaries, since the parties have control over who they select anyway (they're not actually bound by the results of the election, and can rig it if they want, such as with "superdelegates").