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it do be like that tho (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure only like 16 Million people voted in the 2024 Primary

Only like 36 Million in 2020

Instead of complaining about how unfair it is why dont people actually try organizing for a candidate and voting in primaries?

Or better yet, just give dems + indie a supermajority and they'll reform voting.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Democrats can reform their primary process any way they want any time they want. They are a private organization.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

And they are. In Kansas and Hawaii since 2020 they've used RCV for DNC Primaries. Maine, a blue state, also practices RCV for the general election.

On the other hand, many Republicans have directly opposed RCV.

And the majority of these reforms are brought about by Petition, including the ballot measures.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

They are, but not nearly enough. The entire primary system is setup to be easily manipulated by the party leadership and their puppets on cable news.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Also, this isn't exactly a fair statement since the primary was declared over before the majority of states even got to participate. Yes there is low turnout sometimes in states that get to participate, but there are many of us who would like to and can't, hence feeling like it isn't exactly a fair or representative process