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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:05 PM

MineralMan (145,657 posts)

Let's abolish primary elections altogether.

Especially for selecting presidential nominees. Instead, we'll tally social media posts and discussion forum polls, add in online polling, and nominate the person with the most buzz and highest numbers on those venues.

It's the 21st century after all. Primary elections are, like, obsolete and take way too much of people's precious time. Twitter, FB, YouTube and Reddit are real. Voting is for geezers.

Feel the Nerd!

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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
Let's abolish primary elections altogether. (Original post)	MineralMan	May 2016	OP
Let's abolish elections altogether	KingFlorez	May 2016	#1
or pick the person who holds the biggest rallies?	woolldog	May 2016	#2
How about we clean house and get rid of all these corrupt party hacks???	reformist2	May 2016	#3
Since the parties are picking who they want anyway...	scscholar	May 2016	#4
Oh yeah, the GOP is just pissing themselves with happiness about tRump. CLEARLY	Maru Kitteh	May 2016	#19
We could go back to the old smoke-filled-room method	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2016	#5
Smoking is bad for people's health.	MineralMan	May 2016	#6
The D in DNC stands for Democratic; she should be supporting the Democrat.	Lil Missy	May 2016	#9
Yes, lets let DU Consensus determine future Presidents and Major Policy decisions.	Lil Missy	May 2016	#7
Well, DU is too small a sample.	MineralMan	May 2016	#10
I'm With Her Donors	pmorlan1	May 2016	#8
Let's exclude millionaires and billionaires from holding office	aspirant	May 2016	#11
Hey, we could just have a lottery.	MineralMan	May 2016	#13
The millionaires and billionaires would buy up too many tickets	aspirant	May 2016	#17
One $2 ticket per person.	MineralMan	May 2016	#18
The 7-11 coffee-cup poll might be useful too.	NurseJackie	May 2016	#12
Sure...average that in, too.	MineralMan	May 2016	#14
We will also factor in how much birds like the prospectives on Good Fridays.	Maru Kitteh	May 2016	#15
Hmm...perhaps.	MineralMan	May 2016	#16
You're getting kinda creepy	pmorlan1	May 2016	#20
It's Saturday evening during silly season.	MineralMan	May 2016	#21

Response to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat May 14, 2016, 08:07 PM

KingFlorez (12,689 posts)

1. Let's abolish elections altogether

Lockdown Washington and install Bernie Sanders as President for Life.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:08 PM

woolldog (8,791 posts)

2. or pick the person who holds the biggest rallies?

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:09 PM

reformist2 (9,841 posts)

3. How about we clean house and get rid of all these corrupt party hacks???

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:09 PM

scscholar (2,902 posts)

4. Since the parties are picking who they want anyway...

the result is the same, and there's a lot less stress.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:40 PM

Maru Kitteh (27,316 posts)

19. Oh yeah, the GOP is just pissing themselves with happiness about tRump. CLEARLY

And I know it sucks for you - but DEMOCRATIC VOTERS voted for Hillary and that's how she won. Sorry. This isn't like your T-ball team where everyone gets to be "the Champions" just for showing up and screaming from the bench.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:13 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (111,585 posts)

5. We could go back to the old smoke-filled-room method

where party hacks picked the nominees - kind of like DWS has been doing with the DNC.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #5)

Sat May 14, 2016, 08:15 PM

MineralMan (145,657 posts)

6. Smoking is bad for people's health.

No way.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #5)

Sat May 14, 2016, 08:18 PM

Lil Missy (17,865 posts)

9. The D in DNC stands for Democratic; she should be supporting the Democrat.

She is doing her job. It is not necessary that non-Democrats approve of her.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:16 PM

Lil Missy (17,865 posts)

7. Yes, lets let DU Consensus determine future Presidents and Major Policy decisions.

After all, we have so many highly educated political and policy experts here that can tap away their pearls of wisdom at the keyboard. Not to mention the experts in World History and Foreign Affairs.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:21 PM

MineralMan (145,657 posts)

10. Well, DU is too small a sample.

We need to count other things, like Facebook likes, YouTube views, sub-reddits and online polls after debates. Things like that that truly measure public opinion of people who are all engaged and stuff. You know, real-world datums and things.

Time to move into the honest, true digital age and like that.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:17 PM

pmorlan1 (2,096 posts)

8. I'm With Her Donors

Why don't we just let the big corporate donor's pick them. Whoever gets the most cash wins.

I'm With HER donors

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:23 PM

aspirant (3,533 posts)

11. Let's exclude millionaires and billionaires from holding office

because of conflicts of interest and pick from the 90-99% pool

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Response to aspirant (Reply #11)

Sat May 14, 2016, 08:28 PM

MineralMan (145,657 posts)

13. Hey, we could just have a lottery.

Buy just one $2 ticket, you know, to show you're serious. Then on the first Tuesday in November the winner would be drawn and would become President. Anyone could win, no matter who he or she was.

Simple, clean and fair, right?

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:37 PM

aspirant (3,533 posts)

17. The millionaires and billionaires would buy up too many tickets

If we excluded them we could get rid of most of the Senate, a lot of the House and the Bloombergs, Trumpies, Bushes, Clinton's and others. What a refreshing breeze.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:39 PM

MineralMan (145,657 posts)

18. One $2 ticket per person.

That would even things out. 99% aren't millionaires. Simple.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:27 PM

NurseJackie (42,862 posts)

12. The 7-11 coffee-cup poll might be useful too.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:29 PM

MineralMan (145,657 posts)

14. Sure...average that in, too.

Why not?

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:31 PM

Maru Kitteh (27,316 posts)

15. We will also factor in how much birds like the prospectives on Good Fridays.

That's VERY important! It's a sign from the universe, totally.

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Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #15)

Sat May 14, 2016, 08:33 PM

MineralMan (145,657 posts)

16. Hmm...perhaps.

Or, you could put the candidates naked in a fee-range chicken enclosure and count peck marks.

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:51 PM

pmorlan1 (2,096 posts)

20. You're getting kinda creepy

Mineral Man...last time you were posting about Bernie with his hand in the wrong place and now you're posting about candidates being naked in chicken enclosures ? Have you got a thing for farm animals?

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Sat May 14, 2016, 08:52 PM

MineralMan (145,657 posts)

21. It's Saturday evening during silly season.

Explains everything.

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