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CVille, your patience is

Ramona — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:24:32 +0000

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CVille, your patience is admirable. I'm with you on this, totally. I think the DNC bent over backward to accommodate Bernie's independence, and part of it was allowing more open primaries than usual. I don't know how the numbers match up with open primaries in other presidential years, when we didn't have someone outside the party running as a party candidate, but Bernie himself declared as a Democrat in order to run. Why shouldn't his supporters do the same thing in order to vote for him? They can always change their affiliation after the election.

Well yeah, Sanders is pushing

ocean-kat — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:42:19 +0000

In reply to ".Do Sanders supporters

Well yeah, Sanders is pushing for changes using the support he got in the primary as leverage. So one of my questions is whether Sanders supporters here support those changes. What's your point?

I hope that eventually Washington state, and all other caucus and open primary states, will eliminate the caucus and use a closed primary. But I've wanted that for decades so I don't expect any change anytime soon

You're welcome to recount,

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:32:30 +0000

In reply to Okay. Not how I counted, but

You're welcome to recount, full listing here.

Of course not. I didn't write

ocean-kat — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:21:31 +0000

In reply to Take it up with your party.

Of course not. I didn't write this post for you or for independents. It's Sanders who is pushing for changes so I decided to introduce the subject here for discussion. You're only involved because you decided to weigh in and pretty strongly I might add. Kinda like you cared.

Okay. Not how I counted, but

kyle flynn — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:19:55 +0000

In reply to No, 34/59 contests are closed

Okay. Not how I counted, but I'll take your word for it.

No, 34/59 contests are closed

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:19:39 +0000

In reply to Take it up with your party.

No, 34/59 contests are closed or semi-closed, or ~58%. (" Currently the Democratic Party offers open or semi-open primaries and/or caucuses in more than half the states. ")

" What I do support, generally speaking, is any move which weakens the duopoly. Not a fan. " - weakens the duopoly & strengthens what? Not a fan of weakening something without no outcome in mind. You got something better, out with it. Otherwise we muddle along with the current compromise.

Again, 34/59 or ~58% are

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:14:26 +0000

In reply to Then why don't you do that in

Again, 34/59 or ~58% are closed or semi-closed. I don't know where you got your facts, but they're wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2...

".Do Sanders supporters

kyle flynn — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:13:09 +0000

In reply to Of course not. I didn't write

".Do Sanders supporters really want open democratic party primaries?" Your words, not mine. And yes, I like how my state does it. I hope the Democratic Party here doesn't change a thing.

".Do Sanders supporters

kyle flynn — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:13:08 +0000

In reply to Of course not. I didn't write

".Do Sanders supporters really want open democratic party primaries?" Your words, not mine. And yes, I like how my state does it. I hope the Democratic Party here doesn't change a thing.

Most states don't have closed

kyle flynn — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 06:52:34 +0000

In reply to Ok, I don't know the details

Most states don't have closed primaries. At best it's half. And sure, I'm okay with those results. There were wildly varying results all over the country. The candidate who garnered the most support will be the nominee. On many levels the system worked fine. On certain other levels the whole primary season is a sham. Nothing new here.