Post AxruB0FmEE4DL9N5lI by wjmaggos@liberal.city
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 (DIR) Post #AxrtLDUzjlJtMUnPBQ by rchusid@med-mastodon.com
       2025-09-04T16:32:46Z
       
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       As Democrats consider the 2028 nomination process they must stop their actions to influence the outcome. Their rigging of primaries both leads to poor candidates & alienates many potential voters. They also must learn to stop blaming voters who reject their candidates--that is not how democracy works.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxrtaTfftJxXrZ4IAS by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2025-09-04T16:39:04Z
       
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       @rchusid there should be a party rule that no elected or official party member (outside of the candidate and their staff if they are running for reelection) can endorse, advocate for or get involved in any primary at any level.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxrtnQbWbali7EIogS by rchusid@med-mastodon.com
       2025-09-04T16:41:19Z
       
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       @wjmaggos The problem is that the party has been breaking their own rules to influence primary results in some ways. In other ways, party rules are written to influence the outcome.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxruB0FmEE4DL9N5lI by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2025-09-04T16:45:33Z
       
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       @rchusid yeah I don't think keeping the parties ultimately makes sense. imo FFV #RankedChoiceVoting fixes all these problems over time.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxrvDM42CxSjWAZ3PU by rchusid@med-mastodon.com
       2025-09-04T16:57:12Z
       
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       @wjmaggos Ranked Choice Voting would help in terms of making it easier for third parties, somewhat compensating for bad choices from the major parties. We also need multirepresentative legislative districts to enable more views to be represented.