Why doesn't the gop run better candidates?

[Dill]

(07-29-2023, 02:10 AM)pally Wrote: There are plenty of things we can do to improve the quality of people running.  It won’t happen over night if at all unfortunately as Republicans and Democrats still write the voting rules for everybody.

1) end political gerrymandering, the outcome of far too many elections are foretold simply by knowing what district someone runs in.  Gerrymandering leads to extremist candidates being enshrined into office…on both sides. Its 2023 for goodness sakes all districts should be drawn by computer
2) non party voters should not be locked out of preliminary elections.  The wider the voting pool, the less extreme the candidate
3) better yet do away with party specific “nominating” primary elections.  Go to jungle style balloting with all candidates on a single ballot.  Top 2 go to the general election as a runoff unless 1 candidate gets over 50%
4) ranked choice voting
5) don’t put party affiliations on the ballots
6) loosen the rules for 3rd party candidates to get on the ballots

Bad people make bad leaders and generally in the long run make bad policy

Just some feedback: 

With you on everything but 5, so long as party still matters in the legislature.

Many people have been trying to end gerrymandering, but it is difficult. 

Ranked choice would also help reduce extreme candidates at the top of the ticket (but not down ballot) 
and make people feel their votes counted. 

It would elevate 3rd parties too. 

(07-29-2023, 02:10 AM)pally Wrote: Bad people make bad leaders and generally in the long run make bad policy

Everyone agrees with this. They just disagree on who is a "bad" leader. 

Sometimes they don't agree on what "bad" means, but often they do 
and then the only option is to make the other side's candidate just as bad. 

E.g., part of a "crime family."