Contact information

MidTide Media 123 Pleasant St Suite 300. Marblehead, MA 01945.

So we’ve definitely got a very interesting Primary in the United States this year.

Normally, conventions are big vanity shows in which everyone stands under confetti, listens to some speeches, and eats little sandwiches with the crust taken off.

But… maybe not this year. The DNC race is pretty tight and while Clinton is likely to keep the lead, she might not achieve the 60% of bound delegates necessary to be immune to Superdelegates potentially swinging the nomination to Sanders. In the GOP field, there’s a fairly good chance the primary will go to a brokered convention. March 15th will be a big determinant of the likelihood here.

We go over all the dirty details in our latest Reconsider podcast episode, “Delegate Math.” Definitely worth a listen. 

This year seems to be one in which “the establishment” is at war with insurgent candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. They’re both pretty far behind on political endorsements, yet have a lot of staying power.

The gap between internal party support and public support is actually fairly unique this year. It’s also led to some unhappiness: many Sanders and Trump supporters accuse establishment interests of deliberately trying to undermine the will of the people. 

Something to consider: have you found yourself calling for Party X to stop an insurgent candidate, while also grumbling at Party Y’s efforts to do the same? 

Amid questions about party interference, something else to consider: should “the party” have some say in who it endorses for President? American parties besides the Republicans and Democrats simply don’t have primary elections–they just have conventions to pick the nominee. In some European countries like Germany, there are no primaries–the party leaders pick who they want to back in the election. In most parliamentary systems like the UK, Spain, Canada, etc, elected MPs choose who their Prime Minister will be. Are these systems flawed, or do they have some merit? Is there some consistent principle that should govern how primaries should be decided?

41 Comments

  • Chris McAdam, March 15, 2016 @ 3:04 pm Reply

    We used to simply have nominating conventions…. then we had a system where people could run, but the delegates could (and still can) change their mind. It used to be common for people to run as a "favorite son" specifically to horse trade for favors at the convention; they had no intention of actually being the nominee, but the ability to trade delegates for either party concessions or political favors down the road got them votes at home.

    There is no perfect system. Doing it all on one day most likely results in no majority. Doing it the way we do it now often effectively disenfranchises those at the end; their votes often can’t change the outcome. Simply sending delegates with issues to focus on (and not have primaries at all) can result in a candidate nobody feels any passion for, which I personally am fine with, but tends to annoy the party base.

  • Kurt Freund, March 15, 2016 @ 5:30 pm Reply

    The very best a democracy can offer is what its median voters want. Clearly, that is not working in the United States. Democracy might be the best system of government people have found so far, but, if so, we need to find another.

    • Something to Consider, March 17, 2016 @ 4:04 pm Reply

      Do you think there are any countries where the democratic system is providing an approximation of what median voters want?

      Or perhaps would an array of what people want–say, 10 parties in Congress to varying degrees–be a good outcome?

  • Andrea Callahan, March 18, 2016 @ 1:04 pm Reply

    I think that in the other democracies that you mentioned, the party nominates a person for office then a general election is held. The difference in America is that only two parties have any traction. During the 2012 race, I believe, the nominee of the Green Party was arrested for daring to publicly announce her presence during the Presidential Debate. In France, I believe up to six or eight healthy sized political parties are in action. Here in America, there is only right or left, leaving out many complexities of belief or position. If you are pro-choice, you must be pro-union, even those two things really have nothing to do with each other. This two-party, left or right vote is the underlying issue in America democracy that needs to be fixed. Disagreeing on an issue, having a reasonable discussion to resolve a compromise position, can’t even be happen here – people are too busy violently defending their party, even though most institutions, by virtue of their size, are very difficult to defend.

    • Something to Consider, March 18, 2016 @ 1:32 pm Reply

      This is a really great point–it’s almost as if our many "parties" are rolled up into two: the Democrats maybe have a Progressive and a Centrist party, etc.

      I love your passion on this. Let me know if you’d ever like to write a guest post 🙂

  • 5d diamond painting, March 13, 2021 @ 9:09 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • replica rolex dealer uk, May 21, 2021 @ 8:56 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More Info here to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • 토토사이트, June 20, 2021 @ 4:57 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More on on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • 바카라사이트, June 22, 2021 @ 6:02 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More Information here to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • cheap louboutins replica, August 20, 2021 @ 5:44 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • Buy white runtz online, October 1, 2021 @ 4:24 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] There you will find 96052 more Info to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • order dmt vape pens online for sale overnight delivery cheap https://thepsychedelics.net/, October 9, 2021 @ 8:07 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • Glo Extracts, October 20, 2021 @ 3:45 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More Information here on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • คาสิโนออนไลน์เว็บตรง, November 28, 2021 @ 12:44 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More Info here to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • kardinal stick, December 8, 2021 @ 11:43 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More on on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • hotel rwanda, December 20, 2021 @ 11:58 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Info on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • 33102#Simuland.net - n°1 de la simulation d'entreprise en ligne, January 17, 2022 @ 12:14 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] There you can find 8725 more Information to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • Vanessa Getty face, February 5, 2022 @ 1:45 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More here on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • nova88, June 4, 2022 @ 12:38 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More Information here to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • maxbet, June 28, 2022 @ 10:05 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Info on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • shop dumps 101, July 24, 2022 @ 2:47 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • สล็อตวอเลท ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ, August 19, 2022 @ 11:33 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] There you can find 77482 more Information on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • cornhole boards, October 1, 2022 @ 7:28 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More here on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • passive income apps, October 12, 2022 @ 7:53 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More here to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • sbo, October 14, 2022 @ 12:48 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • linux sanal sunucu, December 15, 2022 @ 6:16 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • view publisher site, January 12, 2023 @ 7:36 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More here on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • Investment, January 18, 2023 @ 10:31 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More Info here to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • DMT vape pen for sale online Victoria, March 10, 2023 @ 8:07 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Information on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • Best Psychedelic Store Brisbane, March 16, 2023 @ 2:30 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • roof skylight, March 24, 2023 @ 3:43 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • Bubble Tea, April 28, 2023 @ 7:51 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More on to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • more info here, August 3, 2023 @ 10:57 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Info to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • buy 3chi, August 6, 2023 @ 8:48 am Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More Information here to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • puffs ties https://exotichousedispensary.com/product/piffs-tixs/, August 8, 2023 @ 4:38 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More on that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • https://peacenewspaper.net/, September 1, 2023 @ 12:20 pm Reply

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More here to that Topic: reconsidermedia.com/edqwsdw0xknguyi5nrtx08zhh63tgc/ […]

  • relaxing sleep, October 9, 2023 @ 11:19 pm Reply

    relaxing sleep

  • new york, October 10, 2023 @ 6:57 am Reply

    new york

  • smooth jazz, October 12, 2023 @ 3:11 am Reply

    smooth jazz

  • outdoor cafe ambience, October 17, 2023 @ 2:02 am Reply

    outdoor cafe ambience

  • chill jazz, November 6, 2023 @ 3:52 pm Reply

    chill jazz

Leave a Reply