• GroundedGator@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Most of what you said is spot on but you originally quoted about choosing between bad and worse.

    I get what you’re saying about the primary system, but even that is broken. Incumbents are almost never primaried. Typically the party will not allow it. There also needs to be consideration of what primarying an incumbent could mean. It’s unlikely any of the challengers would win and in the process they would burn through campaign money and highlight weaknesses in the winner’s record and character that could be used by the opposing party.

    We do have a primary, but it may not always give the best candidate. If argue only a portion of people who vote in a general even vote in the primary.