Post by Paffnia on Aug 26, 2020 17:33:33 GMT -5
Primary Concern
Validity: is a democracy
With elections coming up, rumors are flying that a few prominent politicians within your own party are considering challenging your nomination. In response, your advisors have started debating how national parties like yours should choose their candidate for leader.
1. “It’s simple,” suggests your chief of staff. “The whole country should have a primary election on the same day, and the winner from each party is that party’s nominee for the general election. It’s the cleanest, fastest method. Sure, incumbents and candidates with more campaign funds will have an advantage, but that works in your favor, right!”
Effect: primaries draw as much campaign spending as the general election.
2. “Why have primaries all at once?” asks political stats guru Nate Platinum, holding out a map of @name@@ with each province colored a subtly different shade of red or blue. “Each region should hold its primary on a different day they each choose. That way, voters in earlier provinces can narrow the field, and voters in later provinces have more information when they vote. Plus, think of the dramatic come-from-behind storylines!”
Effect: primaries for the next election start the day after the last one.
3. “Just like a bunch of city slickers to suggest more primaries,” counters @@randomname@@, an overall-wearing farmer-turned-politician from rural @name@@. “Why not try it the country way: instead of primaries, hold caucuses in meeting halls and barns across the nation. Local speakers for each candidate make their case and try to persuade each other, and then, people form groups in different corners to see who wins. That way, our nominee will be chosen carefully and thoughtfully.”
Effect: only people patient enough to sit through hours of speeches pick party leaders.
4. The smell of cigar smoke wafts into your office just before Boss @@randomlastname@@, a longtime party bigwig, saunters in. “Look here,” he says before pausing to take a puff. “You want our party to win, right? We in party leadership have the experience to know who’s the best face of our faction, the most electable and the most in line with my—I mean, our values. Let us pick the nominee, capisce?”
Effect: smoke-filled rooms have replaced primary voting booths.
Validity: is a democracy
With elections coming up, rumors are flying that a few prominent politicians within your own party are considering challenging your nomination. In response, your advisors have started debating how national parties like yours should choose their candidate for leader.
1. “It’s simple,” suggests your chief of staff. “The whole country should have a primary election on the same day, and the winner from each party is that party’s nominee for the general election. It’s the cleanest, fastest method. Sure, incumbents and candidates with more campaign funds will have an advantage, but that works in your favor, right!”
Effect: primaries draw as much campaign spending as the general election.
2. “Why have primaries all at once?” asks political stats guru Nate Platinum, holding out a map of @name@@ with each province colored a subtly different shade of red or blue. “Each region should hold its primary on a different day they each choose. That way, voters in earlier provinces can narrow the field, and voters in later provinces have more information when they vote. Plus, think of the dramatic come-from-behind storylines!”
Effect: primaries for the next election start the day after the last one.
3. “Just like a bunch of city slickers to suggest more primaries,” counters @@randomname@@, an overall-wearing farmer-turned-politician from rural @name@@. “Why not try it the country way: instead of primaries, hold caucuses in meeting halls and barns across the nation. Local speakers for each candidate make their case and try to persuade each other, and then, people form groups in different corners to see who wins. That way, our nominee will be chosen carefully and thoughtfully.”
Effect: only people patient enough to sit through hours of speeches pick party leaders.
4. The smell of cigar smoke wafts into your office just before Boss @@randomlastname@@, a longtime party bigwig, saunters in. “Look here,” he says before pausing to take a puff. “You want our party to win, right? We in party leadership have the experience to know who’s the best face of our faction, the most electable and the most in line with my—I mean, our values. Let us pick the nominee, capisce?”
Effect: smoke-filled rooms have replaced primary voting booths.