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[–] 29 points 8 months ago (10 children)

neat. i have been voting for longer than that. there have been years where there was only one person on the primary, which efficiently means “primary votes are cancelled” - when the dnc say they want the incumbent.

that is a de facto cancellation. telling the people who could vote that they are ignored.

my point stands: the dem side needs to do a better job.

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  • [+] -6 points 8 months ago* (9 children)

    I've been voting since I was 18 and I've never seen that in the past 16 years. 2024 was skipping because Biden was the incumbent at the time. Incumbent are almost always given the primary. The GOP does the same and is entirely different.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    yeah. see. i disagree that incumbents should be given anything. earn it. primary every time.

    i have been voting since 1997.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I agree with you, but as devil's advocate, why would a political party vie against itself for a seat it already holds. At best, it would only slightly sully the incumbent's name. Take Biden for example: either he's doing a good job, or he needs to be replaced because he's not doing a good enough job.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    From what I've read the reason primaries aren't done on incumbents is because every single time it's been tried the incumbent lost the actual election and the seat went to the other party.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    ? If incumbent wins the primary its the same as if they didn’t have one but at least the party members chose.

    primaries are separate by party.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's not a thing that happens often, but as far as I can find every single time the incumbent president has had someone try to primary them, the incumbent's entire party lost the seat.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_challenge

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