First of all, the USA is NOT a "democracy"; it is a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC.
Secondly, many states ( the majority, IIRC ), do NOT allow crossover voting in primary elections.
Thirdly, what's with that junk about "PARTY BOSSES"? The FF's ORIGINAL intent was for the PARTY BOSSES to select ALL of the Senators and that procedure wasn't changed for about 100 years.
You haven't an iota of an idea WHAT a "party boss" is.
Nor, obviously, do you understand how our election system works. So, here's a wee clue........there are two major political parties in this nation. There are something close to 100 fringe parties. Because we don't have a parliamentary system, no matter WHAT it is you appear to "think", the winner of any major, national political race will ALWAYS be from one of the two major parties.
Primaries ARE the time when people actually get to vote in WHO the candidate for their party, as long as it's one of the two major ones, is going to be. But in some races, there may NOT be a primary, because nobody is willing to run against an incumbent or a big name.
Fringe party candidates have ALWAYS ( with one and ONLY one national exception and that because most of the defeated party had run off and formed a new one ) been what is know as "spoilers".
I do suggest that you do some reading up on American history and voting.......you need to; badly.
1. First of all, the USA is NOT a "democracy"; it is a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC.
ans. we knew that
2. Secondly, many states ( the majority, IIRC ), do NOT allow crossover voting in primary elections.
ans. we knew that
3. Thirdly, what's with that junk about "PARTY BOSSES"? The FF's ORIGINAL intent was for the PARTY BOSSES to select ALL of the Senators and that procedure wasn't changed for about 100 years.
ans. that has nothing to do with our conversation about todays "party bosses"
and then the nonsense continues.
My question is why do these ramblings out of the blue always sound so angry and mean?
Why not just join in the conversation with a couple of fellow freepers?