Democrats are defenders of democracy — except when they lose. Then they want to change the rules.
That’s what may happen in California.
California Democratic Party chair Rusty Hicks hasdecided that the state’s odd primary system— the “top two” or “jungle” primary — does not work.
That’s odd, because it has been a huge boost to Democrats — until now.
Under the “jungle” system, the parties no longer hold separate primary elections. Instead, all of the candidates are pooled into a common primary. The top two finishers advance to the general election, regardless of party.
That means, in theory, that two Democrats could run against each other, or — more rarely — two Republicans, in the November election.
Republicans have not won a single statewide office since the “jungle” primary was introduced.
But they’re not — and all it took to upset them was the mere prospect that two Republicans could qualify for the general election in the governor’s race.
Former Fox News contributor Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco aren’t exactly best buddies.
But the two of them have been — until recently — at the top of almost every poll in the governor’s race.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
