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Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder
(www.nbcnews.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
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Democrats do not make election laws. Those are an amalgamation of historic Federal and State policy. There are different requirements and deadlines per state to get on ballots. This isn't about a single party. They did not have time to run a primary. That is a massive undertaking, printing the ballots alone requires significant forethought. If the laws were different maybe they would have had time but that's totally irrelevant. We're not playing Calvinball we're talking about what could have happened.
They absolutely had time to run a primary. The way they run the primers is entirely up to them. You can tell this because that's what they did already. They arbitrarily decided that the electors would just nominate harris. There was no law that said they had to run it that way they just chose to. Playing Calvin balls exactly what they did decide to do.
Take California for instance:
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/primary-elections-california
That is a deadline that was within days of passing. Do you think it's better to just not have your candidate show up on the ballot??
Stop spreading misinformation just because it feels right. No it is not. That is just one deadline for one type of primary in one state. There are 50 different sets of regulations and deadlines for each state. You cannot believe your own bullshit at this point