Should the 45% of Americans who self ID as political Independents be able to vote in party primaries?

[Dutch Uncle]

You want to vote in a parties primary
Join that party


Your idea would just make the parties a bowl of shit

Isn't that what they are now? Only 30% or less of American voters are Republicans who nominated Trump for President. The same for those who are Democrats. Is it really any wonder why We, the People, were stuck with two septuagenarians for President for most of 2024? 45% of Americans, mostly young people, are Independents. Guess how they'll vote in 2028?

 

[evince]

You want a party to do your bidding in office

Join that party

This is why Bernie Sanders had to join our party

Then he used the Russian lies against Hilary

That gave us Trump

 

[evince]

Isn't that what they are now? Only 30% or less of American voters are Republicans who nominated Trump for President. The same for those who are Democrats. Is it really any wonder why We, the People, were stuck with two septuagenarians for President for most of 2024? 45% of Americans, mostly young people, are Independents. Guess how they'll vote in 2028?

That was caused by decades of Republicans cheating in elections


End election manipulation by the Republican Party

And our system works great

 

[Dutch Uncle]

That was caused by decades of Republicans cheating in elections


End election manipulation by the Republican Party

And our system works great

So all the problems are caused by those right of center? Interesting.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

It's not interference, John.

It's everyone's right to "interfere."

And my opinion is as good or better than yours. That's politics.

In other words, we vehemently disagree.
That often happens on JPP.

 

[evince]

So all the problems are caused by those right of center? Interesting.

Do you want to pretend the Republican Party has not been trying to kill democracy for decades?

Why?

 

[evince]

What does that have to do with interfering with somebody else's political party?

You don't donate money to them.
You don't work for their campaigns.
What gives you the right to participate in their nomination process?

By all means do your own thing, politically, but you've no right to be a party-crasher.

As for the center making sense, that's just your opinion.
There's no perfection in this world.
Your actual choice is going overboard or going half-assed.
Also, the American "center" is lightyears right of the western civilization center.

And one can’t even decern what the center truely is without clean primaries

Bad actors trying to destroy the opposition party would be very happy with this chose

 

[T. A. Gardner]

I think we should start treating the primaries as the first round of a two-round election system. All--ALL--candidates go on a ballot and you vote for one from each party or whatever on that ballot. The top 3 to 5 go on the election ballot and a winner is chosen from them. The two-party system needs to end.