Both parties, and the money in the election system, plus manipulation of other systems (electoral college choosing the electors - use a Captain Bly sort of system- and using the courts just to keep people, even third parties, off the ballot) have made things so bad starting in the 1990’s that we have an ineffective system and most people…
Both parties, and the money in the election system, plus manipulation of other systems (electoral college choosing the electors - use a Captain Bly sort of system- and using the courts just to keep people, even third parties, off the ballot) have made things so bad starting in the 1990’s that we have an ineffective system and most people know it and increasingly don’t want it. A lot of us are independents or increasingly “political orphans”. Even people who belong to a party increasingly say they are only a Dem, or Rep, to be able to vote in the primaries; but this last election, Biden stepped aside after the primaries so on one in Dems had chance to elect their candidate!!
Both parties, and the money in the election system, plus manipulation of other systems (electoral college choosing the electors - use a Captain Bly sort of system- and using the courts just to keep people, even third parties, off the ballot) have made things so bad starting in the 1990’s that we have an ineffective system and most people know it and increasingly don’t want it. A lot of us are independents or increasingly “political orphans”. Even people who belong to a party increasingly say they are only a Dem, or Rep, to be able to vote in the primaries; but this last election, Biden stepped aside after the primaries so on one in Dems had chance to elect their candidate!!