Public Opinion: Do Political Parties Still Need National Conventions?
Are predictable affairs worth the time, money?
Once unpredictable affairs where nominees were chosen and party platforms adopted after raucous struggles, political conventions have become thoroughly planned political commercials, leading some to argue they should be discarded. Should the political parties still have conventions?
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Reader Comments
politics and religion
I think it's about time we taxed the churches for their giving support and money for political issues.I would never go back to a church where the pastor is advising me how to vote. Cy
Politics!
What this country really needs is to have NO more parties at all. No demorcrats no republicans just people running for the presidency, These party lines are the most stupid thing our country ever did. So many people out ther are still like a herd of sheep. "I am a Republican and I will only vote Republican, same with Demorcrats. Unfortunatly with so many people who can't or wont use thier own brain to make a decision just vote thier party, right or wrong and then we have to listen to them complain about it for the next 4 years. I have republican friends who have complained about Bush for the whole 8 years. I ask, "did you vote for him last time?" and thier reply was YES I had to vote republican!!!! WHY? (and thanks for nothing!!)
I wish we could all just vote for the person we think could do best, forget about all the republican/demorcrat hoopla. If we didn't have parties then nominees would have to run on thier views and policies. What a concept!
So you old staunch Republicans and Demorcrats, you really can vote for whomever you REALLY want while you are in the booth, tell your friends what they want to hear if thats what it takes to shut them up and then if your canditate looses at least you know you gave it your best shot.
And for those of you who do not vote for anyone,SHUT UP about the one who wins, you really have no right to complain if you do not vote. Those if us who take the time out of our day to vote have a right to complain if our candidate looses and the US goes down the crapper!!
National Conventions Serve No Purpose
National conventions are not only a waste of time and money, but also are very misleading. They are misleading because if you only watch one of the conventions, then you will be lead to think that this particular party is the one that you should vote for.
All that the conventions do is repeat who the nominee is and retell everything that we already know about the candidate. Just like it said in the article, the only way for conventions to be useful would be for them to tell us something that we don't already know.
Maybe instead of spending money on conventions that serve no purpose, the candidates should spend their money on solving world problems that will actually affect our lives.
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