Legacy media won't write about this, so I figure I'd take the Internet beating & say what needs to be said—the Democratic primary system is broken and unsustainable, and it's hurting our democracy.
If we want to stop fascism—here's what needs to change: https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-democrat-primary-system-is-broken
I'm not hearing a proposed new system.
We can agree that we would have preferred a different 2024 primary. But I can't blame people who are risk-averse in the face of a close election against a fascist. And a lot of individual choices that came from that risk-aversion, choices that seemed correct at the time, led some candidates to stand down, and led primary voters to nominate Biden (with our eyes open). I can't imagine a primary system where those choices are disallowed.
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@QasimRashid If we need more candidates, more open discussion of what COULD be, maybe it would be in the interest of the Democratic Party to push for #RankedChoiceVoting at all levels of government, and for a diverse ecosystem of minor political parties. With ranked choice in place, minor parties wouldn't be spoilers. They could be a nursery for innovative ideas that we need in the political conversation. And they could be a training ground for young activists.
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The Democratic Party has a history of co-opting minor party ideas to its benefit. See the 1932 platform of the Socialist Party, almost all of which is law today because Democrats took what they could use.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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