You ask what can induce a handful of congressional Republicans to rebel against MAGA. I have a simple answer. Count Democratic voters' preferences among Republicans.
As an example, in 2020, Marjorie Taylor Greene won the general election with over 75% of the vote. However, earlier that cycle, she won her primary against John Cowan with le…
You ask what can induce a handful of congressional Republicans to rebel against MAGA. I have a simple answer. Count Democratic voters' preferences among Republicans.
As an example, in 2020, Marjorie Taylor Greene won the general election with over 75% of the vote. However, earlier that cycle, she won her primary against John Cowan with less than 60% of the vote. How many of the voters who opted for her Democratic opponent in November do you think would have preferred her over Cowan? Simply counting those voters' preferences between Greene and Cowan would assure that no one worse than Cowan gets elected. Further, it would mean that anyone in office would have nothing to worry about from upcoming primaries.
Counting Democratic preferences among Republicans is as simple as adopting the following voting system: all voters rate all candidates. The candidates run head to head against all other candidates with the candidate winning all pairs winning the election.
You ask what can induce a handful of congressional Republicans to rebel against MAGA. I have a simple answer. Count Democratic voters' preferences among Republicans.
As an example, in 2020, Marjorie Taylor Greene won the general election with over 75% of the vote. However, earlier that cycle, she won her primary against John Cowan with less than 60% of the vote. How many of the voters who opted for her Democratic opponent in November do you think would have preferred her over Cowan? Simply counting those voters' preferences between Greene and Cowan would assure that no one worse than Cowan gets elected. Further, it would mean that anyone in office would have nothing to worry about from upcoming primaries.
Counting Democratic preferences among Republicans is as simple as adopting the following voting system: all voters rate all candidates. The candidates run head to head against all other candidates with the candidate winning all pairs winning the election.