> vote in primaries too because that shapes so much.
You are on the right track to influence who is on the ballot for a particular party. Last time in PA the Rs put up the Dr Oz with lukewarm conservative values. The R voters in PA were so underwhelmed that the D with literal brain damage was elected.
Also, States with a caucus process give people who show up to caucus enormous influence of which names the party will put on the ballot.
> What if we had compulsory political party membership so that parties and primaries reflected the population
We could allow for more representative government in the federal House of Representatives by allowing the House to expand with population, as was written in the Constitution. The census was to count the people to expand the House to track population growth.
You are on the right track to influence who is on the ballot for a particular party. Last time in PA the Rs put up the Dr Oz with lukewarm conservative values. The R voters in PA were so underwhelmed that the D with literal brain damage was elected. Also, States with a caucus process give people who show up to caucus enormous influence of which names the party will put on the ballot.
> What if we had compulsory political party membership so that parties and primaries reflected the population
We could allow for more representative government in the federal House of Representatives by allowing the House to expand with population, as was written in the Constitution. The census was to count the people to expand the House to track population growth.