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7. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that if the "top two vote getter" concept spreads to other states...

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 16, 2018, 07:39 PM

Mar 2018

especially red states, Dems might never get on the general election ballot.

Another not so good thing about it is that, like in California, candidates from the same party are pitted against each other if they are the top vote getters.

Is that an intended or unintended, divisive consequence?

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How has THIS California NIGHTMARE been kept a secret for so GOD DAMN LONG? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 OP

It certainly isn't a secret to those of us who live here. Me, for one. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2018 #1

It works for blue state California where repugs have a minimal footprint but in red states... brush Mar 2018 #3

Do you mean this is going on elsewhere besides CA? CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2018 #6

I'm not saying that. I'm saying that if the "top two vote getter" concept spreads to other states... brush Mar 2018 #7

I don't know the history of how this was written. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2018 #15

The F'in nerve of Californians rufus dog Mar 2018 #5

Conservatives definitely have a grudge against our state for some reason. Initech Mar 2018 #9

Dont get why its a "nightmare" Kilgore Mar 2018 #2

if you havent read the info i have provided, cant help you Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #13

Sorry Elliot, your wrong Kilgore Mar 2018 #17

Hardly a nightmare mythology Mar 2018 #4

sigh Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #12

allows a party to g ame the system. run 2 while opposition runs 5 or more diluting the vote so your msongs Mar 2018 #8

Starting a thread to link to your other threads? melman Mar 2018 #10

My thought exactly nt GeorgeHayduke Mar 2018 #14

agreed Exotica Mar 2018 #16

I love it, but it takes research to choose which Dem I vote for. displacedtexan Mar 2018 #11