▲ 176 ▼ bluemaga, bluemaga never changes. (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 month ago by trainsrkool@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] m532@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (5 children) Are they rigged in any way? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (4 children) Each state and party runs their own, so I guess it depends. In Washington State we made the primary election run the same as the general: there's a list of candidates with party affiliations, and the two with the most votes progress to the general in November. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) So you have 102 candidates, 2 from each state? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children) There's 50 states, and they don't all do it the same way. Each state has 2 senators, 1-52 representatives, etc. Then there's national elections where a small pool of candidates is voted on by the entire country, but which names appear on which ballots and how depends on the county you're voting in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Damn, that's a lot of layers of obfuscation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago No, you were just very confused and it's a lot of assumptions to rethink. Each county runs their own elections. It's not obfuscated, it's federated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (4 children) Each state and party runs their own, so I guess it depends. In Washington State we made the primary election run the same as the general: there's a list of candidates with party affiliations, and the two with the most votes progress to the general in November. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) So you have 102 candidates, 2 from each state? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children) There's 50 states, and they don't all do it the same way. Each state has 2 senators, 1-52 representatives, etc. Then there's national elections where a small pool of candidates is voted on by the entire country, but which names appear on which ballots and how depends on the county you're voting in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Damn, that's a lot of layers of obfuscation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago No, you were just very confused and it's a lot of assumptions to rethink. Each county runs their own elections. It's not obfuscated, it's federated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m532@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) So you have 102 candidates, 2 from each state? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children) There's 50 states, and they don't all do it the same way. Each state has 2 senators, 1-52 representatives, etc. Then there's national elections where a small pool of candidates is voted on by the entire country, but which names appear on which ballots and how depends on the county you're voting in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Damn, that's a lot of layers of obfuscation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago No, you were just very confused and it's a lot of assumptions to rethink. Each county runs their own elections. It's not obfuscated, it's federated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children) There's 50 states, and they don't all do it the same way. Each state has 2 senators, 1-52 representatives, etc. Then there's national elections where a small pool of candidates is voted on by the entire country, but which names appear on which ballots and how depends on the county you're voting in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Damn, that's a lot of layers of obfuscation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago No, you were just very confused and it's a lot of assumptions to rethink. Each county runs their own elections. It's not obfuscated, it's federated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m532@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Damn, that's a lot of layers of obfuscation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago No, you were just very confused and it's a lot of assumptions to rethink. Each county runs their own elections. It's not obfuscated, it's federated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago No, you were just very confused and it's a lot of assumptions to rethink. Each county runs their own elections. It's not obfuscated, it's federated. permalink fedilink source parent
