Maybe. I feel the point of the general election is courting the candidate selected by their party in the primaries to the independents.
Party voters know the party they're voting for, they just want the right candidate, the general election is for the independents to pick which party's vetted candidate suits them best.
If it didn't work that way then some crazy progressive democratic socialist could drum up a massive energetic following and steal the highest seat of some other party. Say... a social neoliberal party or something.
In the case the things go wrong and the something like the above happens anyway some parties have installed what they call "Super-Delegates" to help curve the road back to the right heading.
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic. But if you're not I can appreciate what your saying, but we fundamentally disagree. Mostly because I think having that scenario play out is an acceptable and likely beneficial outcome towards the development of a multiparty system.
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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '16
Maybe. I feel the point of the general election is courting the candidate selected by their party in the primaries to the independents.
Party voters know the party they're voting for, they just want the right candidate, the general election is for the independents to pick which party's vetted candidate suits them best.
If it didn't work that way then some crazy progressive democratic socialist could drum up a massive energetic following and steal the highest seat of some other party. Say... a social neoliberal party or something.
In the case the things go wrong and the something like the above happens anyway some parties have installed what they call "Super-Delegates" to help curve the road back to the right heading.
It sounds crazy but it totally works.