Elections

The American political system is broken. Gimmickry is involved in the Primary Election process (by both parties) and, as a result, a true measure of the will of the voting public is defeated or obscured.

A partial cure to Primary and General Elections is so simple and obvious.

First of all, the Primaries should be actual public elections . . . none of this 'caucas' stuff that may or may not reflect the will of the people.

Second, the Primaries should be required by law to be held within a specific time 'window' . . . say, for instance, no sooner than 8 months prior to the General Election and no later than 6 months prior.

Third, it should be required that one must mandatorily qualify eligibility for the General Election by voting in the Primary Election. It would negate the fact that Primary Elections always have a much lower turn-out than the General Election. Thus, if one doesn't vote in the Primary . . . they can't vote in the General.

Will this completely 'fix' the problem? Of course not. Sadly we will still have the problem of 'ignorance' and 'apathy'. The general media will not help us in that area either (with the possible exception of FOX). Then there is the crowd that says, "Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up?"

This places the burden on us . . . you and me . . . and people like us. Nobody said it was going to be easy. But we sure can try.
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