Primaries, in theory, are fine and needed they just need an overhaul that will likely never come because you can't rely on politicians to overhaul their own processes.  The existence of a significant number of "super delegates" is essentially a party telling its constituency that sure you can vote for who you want our party's candidate to be but we reserve the right to put our own candidate in there regardless.  That type of primary is worthless.  

 

More than 2 major candidates running for president would have us frequently see candidates win the presidency without a true majority voting them into power.  It would also see the election handed to the House of Representatives to decide because no candidate would achieve an electoral college majority.  Which would basically mean that the majority party in the House would routinely get to anoint their own candidate as President.  Having a 3rd party rise in power for an election or two could be helpful in enacting the type of overhaul that is needed in the current 2 party system, but I firmly believe that it would eventually gravitate back to two major parties whether they be Republican and Democrat or something else entirely.  

 

Getting rid of the electoral college is a completely different discussion and one that I would oppose having an understanding of the importance of a state's rights.  I know most don't care or understand the value in preserving a state's rights in our union as the world becomes increasingly comfortable with centralizing power but knowing human nature the last thing we need to do is consolidate more and more power into one person's or just a few person's hands, especially as they are becoming further and further removed from those they are governing.

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