How will the Democratic Party look by 2032?

[sting in the rafters]

More Asian, Latino, mixed-race, and probably also more Mormon than it is today.

Also likely more technocratic and willing to pay lip service to electoral reforms without pushing open primaries.

Why should we have open primaries? Do nonunion members get to vote on a CBA? Do people not at FOX decide their Animation Domination lineup? Do non-coaches decide how long football practice runs? Do people not in French club choose their Cité du Cinéma flick of the month? Then why the phuck should people not registered w/a political party get to vote in their primary? What the phuck’s the whole point of having a party anyway if non-members can vote on leadership?

The solution isn’t open primaries - it’s more parties.

[sting in the rafters]

But if you support more parties, do you also support getting rid of first-past-the-post and replacing it with ranked-choice voting (RCV) and/or runoff elections? Any additional parties beyond the two dominant ones won't gain much traction as long as first-past-the-post exists.

1. Yeah this thread ain’t really the place for that tho
2.>what is a parliamentary system (I get ur point tho)

[sting in the rafters]

The Democratic party isn’t going to act against its own rational self-interest like that, not even if its rump party/parties would have the upper hand in a multi-party system.

Would open primaries not also be against the party's rational interest? Forgive me for overpersonalizing, however I myself am a registered Democrat because 1) I desire to vote in their primary and 2) I want their candidates to have to appeal to me to receive the nomination. If you don't need to be a Democrat to vote in the Democratic primary, then why should I (or any similarly progressive-minded voter in my shoes) register as one to begin with?