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Unitedwestand13 said:
Then why not advocate for non-partisan voting, remove the party afilliation from the ballot.
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Louisiana experimented with that. But after one election party affiliation was back on the ballot even in their jungle primary system on election day. The two major parties who write our election laws are not about to allow something that may dilute their power or monopoly on our two party system. I'm surprised they let it happen for a single election.

State legislatures could do just that, eliminate the R and the D or party labels from the ballot. But neither party will ever do anything that may weaken their hold on our election system. Both major parties may hate each other, fight each other tooth and nail, but they are in complete agreement that no viable third party be allowed to arise.

This is why neither party gives a hoot that over the years the number of Americans who affiliated or identified themselves with the two major parties has fallen from 80% down to 56% today. They control the two party party system and in reality give the voters little to no choice except for voting for one or the other. In our two party system with Republicans and Democrats writing the election laws it would matter if only 40% identified with both parties, if that was shrunk to 30%, both major parties will work hand in glove to prevent another third party from ever threatening them.

I like the idea, I like Louisiana's jungle type elections. It would be ideal to place everyone's names on the ballot for whatever office they are running for with no party affiliation whatsoever. Then have a runoff if no candidate receives 50% plus one vote three weeks later. If I could that is the way I would run our elections.
 
Perotista said:
Louisiana experimented with that. But after one election party affiliation was back on the ballot even in their jungle primary system on election day. The two major parties who write our election laws are not about to allow something that may dilute their power or monopoly on our two party system. I'm surprised they let it happen for a single election.

State legislatures could do just that, eliminate the R and the D or party labels from the ballot. But neither party will ever do anything that may weaken their hold on our election system. Both major parties may hate each other, fight each other tooth and nail, but they are in complete agreement that no viable third party be allowed to arise.

This is why neither party gives a hoot that over the years the number of Americans who affiliated or identified themselves with the two major parties has fallen from 80% down to 56% today. They control the two party party system and in reality give the voters little to no choice except for voting for one or the other. In our two party system with Republicans and Democrats writing the election laws it would matter if only 40% identified with both parties, if that was shrunk to 30%, both major parties will work hand in glove to prevent another third party from ever threatening them.

I like the idea, I like Louisiana's jungle type elections. It would be ideal to place everyone's names on the ballot for whatever office they are running for with no party affiliation whatsoever. Then have a runoff if no candidate receives 50% plus one vote three weeks later. If I could that is the way I would run our elections.
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California also has a jungle primary
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
Then they have to vote on the issues and policies.

However this requires the public being involved and knowledgeable about politics
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The public, involved and knowledgeable about politics? What's next, will pigs fly, Hell freeze, and San Francisco vote Republic... oh, that last just could happen if they didn't know that they were voting for a Republican.
 
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