The thing is, there isn’t supposed to be such a thing as a default candidate. We’re supposed to have a primary race where candidates come out of nowhere and try to make the case for their platform. It’s been a while since Americans got that luxury.
There is nothing saying that there shouldn’t be either. For most of American history the public had no vote or direct say in presidential primaries.
There have been no real rules outside those the parties made up. Highly centralized nations, parties, and governments are always a problem. Doubly so when the parties make up their own rules.
I mean yeah. Using FPTP from the outset of the US and then making zero rules about how parties have to govern themselves internally could have been the fatal flaw; FPTP always seems to lead to a bipolar/duopolistic state, and whenever there’s enough money that’s going to lead to a good cop/bad cop scenario.
The thing is, there isn’t supposed to be such a thing as a default candidate. We’re supposed to have a primary race where candidates come out of nowhere and try to make the case for their platform. It’s been a while since Americans got that luxury.
There is nothing saying that there shouldn’t be either. For most of American history the public had no vote or direct say in presidential primaries.
There have been no real rules outside those the parties made up. Highly centralized nations, parties, and governments are always a problem. Doubly so when the parties make up their own rules.
I mean yeah. Using FPTP from the outset of the US and then making zero rules about how parties have to govern themselves internally could have been the fatal flaw; FPTP always seems to lead to a bipolar/duopolistic state, and whenever there’s enough money that’s going to lead to a good cop/bad cop scenario.