Subj : Re: US new favourite spor
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Sep 11 2024 13:11:00

> I agree that it needs an overhaul. A lottery system with a single term sounds
> better than what we have now. Now, committee chairs make the recruitment
> decisions, and that's bad because 1) they make bad decisions, and 2) there's
> some sort of elite alliance that gets candidate names on the recruiters' desks

Don't doubt that lottery candidates would also ultimately be from elite
groups and not everyday people.

> Lastly, 3) primaries are rare. We haven't had one (for US Rep) in my region fo
> a very long time. Not the Republicans nor the Democrats.

Why are they rare?  We have them before every election, even the local
non-partisian races, and even if there is only one candidate from each
party running.  Do they really not have them, or do you just not vote in
them?


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