[freerepublicchat]

Anything to stop the circular firing squad would help.

Personally, I'd recommend approval voting.

The candidate with the most approval of the party wins. That would tend to be the most unifying of the candidates.

[JediJones]

I would agree with something like that. Only getting to choose one candidate in a multi-candidate election means that one wing of the party can split the vote and make the least-preferred candidate come out the winner. If you run 4 Ted Cruz clones who each get 19% of the vote and a Romneybot gets 24% of the vote, the Romneybot wins, even though 76%, the vast majority of the voters would’ve ranked him last choice on their list. A multi-candidate election where you can only pick one name is an utterly stupid, meaningless and counterproductive exercise.

[JediJones]

I would agree with something like that. Only getting to choose one candidate in a multi-candidate election means that one wing of the party can split the vote and make the least-preferred candidate come out the winner. If you run 4 Ted Cruz clones who each get 19% of the vote and a Romneybot gets 24% of the vote, the Romneybot wins, even though 76%, the vast majority of the voters would’ve ranked him last choice on their list. A multi-candidate election where you can only pick one name is an utterly stupid, meaningless and counterproductive exercise.