Thoughts on Coexisting With Partisan Politics

I believe that my problem is that in my mind I have conflated two separate processes. I sense that I’m not the only one who has made that error. I’ve been ranting because I would really like the opportunity to (finally) vote for the candidate for President whom I feel would best represent me, and it now appears likely that he may suspend his campaign before June 7th; but it’s never been about me.  This has nothing to do with who I want to represent me  as President. Rationally, I need to accept that.

The selection of candidates to stand for election this November is not a Constitutional process. Presidential primary elections are about identifying who will represent the Democratic Party and the Republican Party (and other organized political entities) in the General Election. As a practical matter, unless I believe that either major Party represents my interests, I am always going to be voting for Tweedledum or Tweedledee for President in November. I don’t believe for an instant that either major Party represents my beliefs and concerns.

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I would like to see a truer non-partisan model as we often have elsewhere in government where the money to be made isn’t yet good enough to prevent giving the electorate a real voice. I believe – without proof – that more people might be motivated to participate in the process of choosing their representatives if our government was, in fact, more representative of us. Sadly I see that our government is instead becoming less representative and more partisan at every level.

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One Response to Thoughts on Coexisting With Partisan Politics

  1. Rain Trueax says:

    What I hope now is that the election settles it. There is another possibility that the right runs a third party and neither Hillary nor Donald can get the needed Electoral College votes. That throws it to the House, who we know is totally establishment and right wing. Talk about a scary option!