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Good article. Why does he conclude with "I have no idea what I could do to help change matters" after writing a whole blog post about how not enough average peo
by wavesounds 13y ago
Good article. Why does he conclude with "I have no idea what I could do to help change matters" after writing a whole blog post about how not enough average people vote in primaries?
Go vote in primaries, get your friends to go vote in primaries and maybe even reach out to particularly ideological districts to make sure the moderates there go vote (this might be a good idea for a web app 'Passionate centrist - email a centrist encourage them to vote').
- mhb 13y agoBecause the point of the article is that we have a system in which ideologues vote. In order to get average people to vote, either the system has to change to reward non-ideologues for voting (e.g., previous system with party bosses) or people have to become ideologues. He rightly concludes that these are both unlikely and he doesn't have another answer.
- wavesounds 13y agoIsn't the reward for voting getting the government you want? That's why the ideologues do it and it seems to be working for them.