I can see it generating a bias in favour of candidates who wouldn't normally be able to get their voting base out to vote. If you only have an electorate of 1000, and they each know that they're 'representing' a much larger number, there's a fairly strong pressure for those 1000 to all vote. So I'd expect the turnout to be closer to 100% than it would be in a normal primary.
Whether or not you care about that (in fact, possibly you think it's a good thing) is another matter, but I think it could easily affect the result.
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Date: 2008-03-14 02:20 pm (UTC)Whether or not you care about that (in fact, possibly you think it's a good thing) is another matter, but I think it could easily affect the result.