Is It Time for a Political Shake-Up?

[russ_watters]

Perhaps I misunderstand you but you referred to party hi-jacking. It suggests that members of one party should pretend allegiance to another to secure a vote in that party's primaries in order to ensure that party's weakest candidate goes forward to the election and so improve the chances of their real choice winning. If this is the case then you shouldn't need me to explain why this unethical and anti-democratic.

Yes, you misread. I honestly don't remember who was running against Clinton (on both sides) and I can't defend their motives because I'm not entirely clear on what they were, but I would do it because I saw a candidate with crossover appeal. One thing though - the fact that my dad ended up voting for Clinton in the GE (something I have mentioned previously, but left out this time) implies that he preferred either democratic candidate to the Republican one.

 

[ComputerGeek]

Perhaps I misunderstand you but you referred to party hi-jacking. It suggests that members of one party should pretend allegiance to another to secure a vote in that party's primaries in order to ensure that party's weakest candidate goes forward to the election and so improve the chances of their real choice winning. If this is the case then you shouldn't need me to explain why this unethical and anti-democratic.

That is what happens in Michigan Primaries. But, once you vote, that is it, you can not vote in the other primary.

So, If I had an incumbent president, I vote for the crappiest guy in the other primary. If I have a primary however, then I think it is important to vote in my primary.

 

[russ_watters]

A very good article on the issue: http://www.american-partisan.com/cols/hall/022600.htm