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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elrich won becuase it was a 6-way primary and the moderate vote got spread among the rest. Elrich focused on a few key groups (unions, ultra-progessives, socialists) and that was enough to squeak by with a win. Then he was up against crackpot Ficker in the general so that was an easy win.

One solution is open primaries. Then the top 2 of any party in the primary end up in the general, and it also gives the people of MoCo more of a say (33% of registered voters are independents = can't vote in primaries except for BOE).

I have friends in the GOP in MD. The problem is the moderates get derailed by the right-wingers and then they end up with candidates who will not do well with the general public. Hogan was the exception to this -- he managed to get through that and he's a moderate Republican.

Also a lot of the "noise" from the County comes from the progressive Takoma Park triangle, and that's where most Council members are from too. That's not what all of MoCo is about -- especially areas upcounty like Germantown/Clarksburg the people are more moderate in their views generally. The few times I've met with Elrich, I always tell him to think of the entire county and not just certain parts of it.[/quote]
Ranked choice voting would help with this, also.[/quote]

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