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Democratic Primaries

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)

18. Debates are no longer meaningful

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2019, 11:24 AM

May 2019

There was a time when the League of Women Voters sponsored debates without party input on who, where, and the terms of the debate. It's a shame we moved away from that model to an infotainment competition that has only served to provide a platform for conflict driven events with the greatest triumphs being meme worthy statements and responses.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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DNC boss says candidates to be involved in debate lottery [View all] applegrove May 2019 OP

I. Guess? Tiggeroshii May 2019 #1

Oh I think the bottom three in terms of not qualifying will not even be in the lottery. Only the top applegrove May 2019 #3

That would make sense. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #4

:) HOPEFULLY the sun will rise tomorrow, Hortensis May 2019 #11

i don't really see a problem with that unless it's some troll type candidate JI7 May 2019 #2

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2019 #5

You're welcome uncle Joe. applegrove May 2019 #6

... Uncle Joe May 2019 #7

The last time I believed that the party leadership was actually interested in fair Ford_Prefect May 2019 #8

I actually voted happily for that Georgia small-government Hortensis May 2019 #12

The pros as you call them have been running to the right for decades. Ford_Prefect May 2019 #15

Parties running debates is a flawed approach loyalsister May 2019 #17

The risk if getting Biden or Bernie and the 9 weakest candidates is very low, karynnj May 2019 #9

yeah a stratified random sample is a better method here dsc May 2019 #10

I think the probability of them being together is one half using either method karynnj May 2019 #13

According to the latest apparently they are doing something like this dsc May 2019 #16

This is the first of many debates mcar May 2019 #14

Debates are no longer meaningful loyalsister May 2019 #18

This seems to be a solution looking for a problem. Politicub May 2019 #19