Quote (Santara @ Feb 4 2020 11:51am)
Activists are the people who get a candidate elected. They run the phone banks, stuff the envelopes, go door to door, etc. Why should a party invite the disinterested public to tell them who they should campaign for?
Sure, but if the nominee can't be sold to the public by the activists then it doesn't do any good to get the activists going. A system that only allows activist voices will fall as flat as a system that doesn't allow them at all.
Really, if it's activists that get them elected then a normal primary will best reflect the activist's ability to turn out votes from the otherwise apathetic.