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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do these nuts keep on getting elected ?[/quote]

Because we dont' have open primaries. What happened is 6 people threw their hat in the ring for county exec. Since the voting was split so broadly, to win you just needed to get the votes from one group (any group) and you'd beat the rest. Elrich did this with unions, but it was close -- he won by 77 votes over Blair. Elrich's vote count was equivalent to less than 5% of all registered voters in MoCo. Only the most engaged voters vote in the primary, so just pander to one group and you win it.

Then in the primary, the average joe votes and whoever is the democrat is who they select.

With open primaries, realistically it would be 2 dems who end up on the main ticket, and hopefully at least one will be moderate.

Watch this happen again in the 2020 presidential election. Dems will put up a very progressive candidate, and will lose to Trump. You need a moderate to win.[/quote]

If you care about what Democrats win the primary elections in Montgomery County, you really need to register as a Democrat. [/quote]

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