If you don't have the support of the base, you won't be the nominee.

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41. The problem is, many states turned away new Dem supporters by preventing late registration.

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There is a conflict between maintaining the status quo and having established Dems participate in a Primary -and- the allowance of new Democrats up to and during the Primary vote.

It's tough to attract new Democrats when their late participation is met with closed doors.


People say, "Well, they should have registered earlier on."

To that I say, we are a nation of procrastination, late tax returns, late voting, late school paper writing, etc. People assume, right or wrong, that democracy is an open system, without the nuances of 50 state variables at play.

Many states had the ability to attract new Dems into the ranks, whether for Hillary or Bernie, because they were energized by the campaign process. They were turned away in NY and other states because of arcane rules to maintain the political status quo. Which brings me to the second point, that people are energized and engaged with a healthy primary debate process. Their exclusion from the primary process turned away many voters in the fall, since their state's Democratic parties forsook their primary vote.


If we are a party that wants to attract people into the rank in file, there needs to be less restrictive registration.

The premise that faction could creep into the party is an excuse to maintain a tight grip on political elitism and control.

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