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US political parties are essentially private organizations; that they hold elections to determine their candidates is a not terribly distant change. In any case
by nescioquid 5y ago
US political parties are essentially private organizations; that they hold elections to determine their candidates is a not terribly distant change. In any case, they are not obliged to be impartial in the process. But to vote in a primary, you need to be a partisan. So even if the parties were perfectly impartial in this process, all you've managed to show by "no one votes for them" is that Ds and Rs select for corporatist candidates.
- SyzygistSix 5y agoBut they don't, especially on the local and state level. They may fund their favorites but outright socialists and communists can and do run in the Democratic primaries, to say nothing of progressives and Greens. And if I was in a district that had closed primaries where one party routinely wins, I would definitely register for that party. It doesn't mean anything.
- nescioquid 5y agoBe as contrary as you like, but you haven't addressed my point; in fact, you seem to be just ignoring it. I'll let you have the last word.