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I imagine less. In primaries you attract voters that are more fanatical and extreme so they have a better chance of pushing through a candidate they see as ideo
by nemo44x 5y ago
I imagine less. In primaries you attract voters that are more fanatical and extreme so they have a better chance of pushing through a candidate they see as ideologically pure. When the opposition party has no chance of winning it becomes the de facto election and you have a better chance of ending up with polarizing candidate.
NYC isn’t as super progressive as people think but there is certainly a progressive streak and they are louder than their numbers. They organize and they vote in primaries and that has been their strategy the last decade to assume outsized power. Because many moderate liberals won’t likely vote for a Republican in today’s climate it works. Hence BDB as mayor whom is despised by moderate liberals.
So this should redirect power to the Democratic machine in NYC and make it more difficult for far left progressives who really been hijacking the Democratic Party by virtue of the primary system.