Florida and Michigan: use surveys

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Florida are talking about spending $10-$13 million on rather flawed June primaries to replace the discounted early primaries that the DNC have disqualified for being against the rules.

Why don't they just hold a survey? Choose 1000 registered Democrats in each state in some way that can be seen to be random in a fair way, ask them, and choose delegates that way? There's no reason not to expect the same result as a proper primary, except that they can do a much better job of it for far less money.

They won't of course, but that's because of an emotional attachment to everyone getting their ballot than because it will actually make a difference.

Comments

[henry_the_cow]

That is just bizarre.

I wonder if anyone in the UK joins political parties they disagree with in order to influence leadership elections? I guess the parties choose leaders so infrequently that it's not worth the hassle.

[thekumquat.livejournal.com]

I've heard of people joining the BNP or Green or even Monster Raving Loony parties as a kind of protest against mainstream party politics, but given you atually have to pay Real Money to join, I suspect it's not common (unlike making protest votes, which is - again especially for the BNP)