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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
You must admit though, that Hillary is the party choice within the present context "ie - it not being the final choice"
My contention is that when a decision is brken up into pieces, this damages the quality of the result. I believe:
The party should make one decision of who is the candidate - through the membership of the parliamentary party or a combination of.
The people then should have a straight, and clear, choice.
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Maybe I'm missing something, but it sounds to me that this is what we do.
The party as a whole chooses the candidate through the primary. Only the members of a party can vote in that primary, as technically they are separate; each party holds them at the same time (for the most part) for convenience.
How does it work in the UK? Are the elections for leaders (Prime Minister, etc.) public? I always assumed that it was more like how the Speaker of the House is elected in America; from within the congressional/party leadership.