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Many Democrats want to face Trump in November. They’re wrong. - The Washington Post
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Dana Milbank of the WP says the views of some Democrats on Trump as a good Republican nominee based on the notion that he has high negative perception with voters is fraught with dangers for U.S. democracy. Milbank points out that this ignores what is good for the country. Having Trump as the nominee of one of the two main parties would create a divisive atmosphere and is not good for the country, says Milbank. In comparing Trump with Cruz, he says Trump is likely to follow his instincts to operate outside the U.S. constitutional system. Cruz as a person believes in the U.S. constitution and would never endorse violence or action against minorities. Cruz has not done enough to come across as a likable person with his persistent focus on conservative or Reagan values to the exclusion of everything else. This is changing in mid-April 2016 following a CNN interview with the Cruz family, a MSNBC town hall answering questions from undecided voters, and NYT coverage of Cruz at a Brooklyn bakery, that shows a different human face that people have never seen about Cruz. Cruz's self-deprecating humor in a NYT article where he talks about voters not liking "a hectoring scold," is part of this needed change that could have happened earlier in the campaign. About Trump Milbank cites Conservative party prime minister Cameron who says Trump would unite all Britons against him if he ever came to Britain.
U.S. presidential nomination process for Republicans and Democrats- the role of primaries since Eisenhower and after 1968
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Fareed Zakaria points out that primaries became important after 1968. Till the Eisenhower period nominations were made by the Republican and Democratic parties, with compromise and moderation as part of politics. The primary process is fraught with dangers that a candidate appealing to popular passions and no serious programs can bring a fringe group or politician to the presidency. The turnout in primaries is considered high when it reached about 15%, so that the views of about 85% are not reflected in the primary wins, even though this receives so much media attention that it appears that a real election has taken place.
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