The American Political Science Association and a handful of political scientists have decided that political parties are (gulp) threatened and need to be saved. Really?
I think one of the fundamental questions here is: are political parties more like private clubs? Or more like parts of the government?
I think everyone agrees that a private club can elect its leadership however it wants. If my board game club wants to award its presidency to whoever wins an Uno championship, that's fine.
But obviously, the official parts of the government can't do that. My state can't just decide to switch to the "Uno championship" method for picking its governor. In those cases we expect an open, democratic procedure.
And political parties are kind of straddling those two worlds.
> Drutman now says he has “seen the light” and changed his mind [about RCV]
Did Drutman post more details about why he changed his mind anywhere? I really enjoyed "Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop," so I'd be interested to hear his counter-brief against himself.
I think one of the fundamental questions here is: are political parties more like private clubs? Or more like parts of the government?
I think everyone agrees that a private club can elect its leadership however it wants. If my board game club wants to award its presidency to whoever wins an Uno championship, that's fine.
But obviously, the official parts of the government can't do that. My state can't just decide to switch to the "Uno championship" method for picking its governor. In those cases we expect an open, democratic procedure.
And political parties are kind of straddling those two worlds.
> Drutman now says he has “seen the light” and changed his mind [about RCV]
Did Drutman post more details about why he changed his mind anywhere? I really enjoyed "Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop," so I'd be interested to hear his counter-brief against himself.