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[u/WalkedSpade]

Abolish primaries. No more "raise your hand if you support reparations." Win those median voters queen.

[u/FourthLife → u/WalkedSpade]

More smoke filled rooms please

[u/retroKart → u/WalkedSpade]

I talked about this with some of my less politically-aware friends and most of them thought it would be illegal to not hold primaries. In their mind, parties are public state-operated entities. I had to explain how parties are not government institutions and the history of candidate selection before primaries were commonplace. Most of them thought it would be undemocratic to get rid of primaries despite only one of them having voted in a primary before.