Your concern trolling on behalf of Democratic primary voters noted (who are apparently not that upset about the change to the ticket it seems), George T is correct. There are no requirements that parties hold voting based primaries to select their candidates from, this actually has been a relatively recent event since I think Nixon-McGov…
Your concern trolling on behalf of Democratic primary voters noted (who are apparently not that upset about the change to the ticket it seems), George T is correct. There are no requirements that parties hold voting based primaries to select their candidates from, this actually has been a relatively recent event since I think Nixon-McGovern (?). Prior to both political parties selected their nominees in the old "smoke filled rooms". There is certainly no Constitutional requirement that political parties select their nominees through an open voting primary process, the vehicle and process of how a nominee is selected is entirely up to the poltical parties.
Bari actually had a pretty good podcast about this on her "Honestly" with Yuval Levin (who is in favor of returning to the "smoke filled rooms").
The idea that candidates should be kicked off ballots and other documented Democratic Party maneuvers—in a party claiming to be preserving democracy—is ridiculous, think and defend what you will. It is an obvious power play which does not benefit voters no matter how clueless they have become from watching CNN and MSNBC.
Candidates can leave off a ticket as long as it's before the nomination occurs and the official balloting deadlines. Didn't RFK Jr end his own ticket? Primary voters also voted for Biden knowing Harris was his VP, hardly this "betrayal", if Biden was unable to serve out his term guess who would take his place? Finally, primary votes are sort of Electoral College like- they vote for delegates, who then vote for the candidate. The elected delegates, I believe almost unanimously, if not unanimously voted for Harris after Biden backed out. Nothing that happened was illegitimate or "underhanded" by party rules, even if is pretty unprecedented. And given a majority of Democratic voters polled for the past year or so were indicating they wanted a different candidate other than Biden, you can argue this was more democratic to respond to that consistently expressed wish.
Again, you should listen to the podcast. Not sure I completely agree that primary voting should be eliminated but he's not wrong on a lot of counts, including that of candidate quality and the problems of letting the base of each party drive the process.
Your concern trolling on behalf of Democratic primary voters noted (who are apparently not that upset about the change to the ticket it seems), George T is correct. There are no requirements that parties hold voting based primaries to select their candidates from, this actually has been a relatively recent event since I think Nixon-McGovern (?). Prior to both political parties selected their nominees in the old "smoke filled rooms". There is certainly no Constitutional requirement that political parties select their nominees through an open voting primary process, the vehicle and process of how a nominee is selected is entirely up to the poltical parties.
Bari actually had a pretty good podcast about this on her "Honestly" with Yuval Levin (who is in favor of returning to the "smoke filled rooms").
The idea that candidates should be kicked off ballots and other documented Democratic Party maneuvers—in a party claiming to be preserving democracy—is ridiculous, think and defend what you will. It is an obvious power play which does not benefit voters no matter how clueless they have become from watching CNN and MSNBC.
Candidates can leave off a ticket as long as it's before the nomination occurs and the official balloting deadlines. Didn't RFK Jr end his own ticket? Primary voters also voted for Biden knowing Harris was his VP, hardly this "betrayal", if Biden was unable to serve out his term guess who would take his place? Finally, primary votes are sort of Electoral College like- they vote for delegates, who then vote for the candidate. The elected delegates, I believe almost unanimously, if not unanimously voted for Harris after Biden backed out. Nothing that happened was illegitimate or "underhanded" by party rules, even if is pretty unprecedented. And given a majority of Democratic voters polled for the past year or so were indicating they wanted a different candidate other than Biden, you can argue this was more democratic to respond to that consistently expressed wish.
Again, you should listen to the podcast. Not sure I completely agree that primary voting should be eliminated but he's not wrong on a lot of counts, including that of candidate quality and the problems of letting the base of each party drive the process.