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milestogo

(22,348 posts)
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:56 AM Jul 2025

Being "primaried" should be the norm for our elected officials. [View all]

Nobody is entitled to their office. If they want to run for the next term they can do so and have the advantage. But its also a time for the voters to exercise their prerogative to select someone else.

When there are no primaries the voters have fewer options.

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Agreed sboatcar Jul 2025 #1
Incumbency was not designed to be a career. bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #2
Exactly right. purple_haze Jul 2025 #12
Hell yeah! kentuck Jul 2025 #3
No. Why force an incumbent to use all their time and funds on unnecessary primaries, thus leaving little * Oopsie Daisy Jul 2025 #4
The cost of running is a separate issue. milestogo Jul 2025 #6
This is not the problem you think it is... but faced with "status-quo" or opening the door for the GOP * Oopsie Daisy Jul 2025 #8
Primaries are part of the "system" and should not be viewed as a threat. milestogo Jul 2025 #9
No, I do not view them as an inherent threat. But, when that process is misused for purity reasons... Oopsie Daisy Jul 2025 #10
Assuming an enemy corrupt establishment anti-progress Democratic Party is so ingrained betsuni Jul 2025 #19
Agreed. That kind of anti-Democrat (non)thinking is knee-jerk and automatic * Oopsie Daisy Jul 2025 #22
The Democratic Party and AIPAC are both shadowy evil cartoon villains. Living in a comic strip. betsuni Jul 2025 #25
Yes, and living with primary results until the next primary should also be encouraged Prairie Gates Jul 2025 #5
I feel like most get challenged ITAL Jul 2025 #7
...that's just a matter of shifting public opinion... FirstLight Jul 2025 #14
I was just saying ITAL Jul 2025 #16
And oftentimes it's not. W_HAMILTON Jul 2025 #24
Agreed. With open primaries for the offices requiring a run off vote for the top 2 candidates if neither gets 50%. Ping Tung Jul 2025 #11
It's time to change thye playing field and the rules of engagement... FirstLight Jul 2025 #13
term limits for scotus would require a constitutional amendment. niyad Jul 2025 #21
Absolutely! Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #15
Especially in one party districts where the primary is the de facto election. The idea that a congressman is entitled Midwestern Democrat Jul 2025 #17
Yup. If nothing else it gets candidates out and directly engaged with voters Arazi Jul 2025 #18
If the congressperson is working Bettie Jul 2025 #20
It is the norm. W_HAMILTON Jul 2025 #23
We are facing a mortal enemy, but sure... yorkster Jul 2025 #26
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