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A Report on the Flawed 2016 Democratic Primaries

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212 points DamienSF | 1 comments | 27 Jul 16 05:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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forbes ◴[27 Jul 16 07:24 UTC] No.12171132[source]▶
Does any other country have a 'primary' system like the US? In Australia there is no pretending to elect candidates for each party. In our recent election we had two choices for PM from the major parties, chosen by the parties themselves.

In the US you spent a year choosing your candidates, but behind closed doors one of those parties spent all their time trying to push one candidate whilst the other party spent all their time trying to stop another.

The Australian system seems a little more honest, even though the roles of PM and President are quite different. We can elect a PM and the party can then choose to throw them out the week after. This happens frequently.

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1. wjnc ◴[27 Jul 16 07:33 UTC] No.12171152[source]▶
In the Netherlands a parties candidates are up to the parties themselves, who usually put them up for internal elections. For the bigger parties, these elections are often newsworthy. Some parties experiment by taking suggestions from the outside or even allowing outsiders to vote as well. I don't think the 'primary' system in the US is very special; it is highly newsworthy though.