Comments on: Political Football

By: David

David — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:16:33 +0000

I agree that it could hardly be worse than our current political situation in the state. I think that the reason that it has a better chance of working at the local level is that municipal governments are close to the people and the people are better able to influence their local politics in most cities. At the state level the government is just far enough from the people to make the odds of success much lower – not that it’s not worth a try.

By: Reach Upward

Reach Upward — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:04:23 +0000

That kind of system actually works in many municipalities across this nation, including my own. Perhaps states are too deeply intertwined with the federal government for a nonpartisan or nonaligned party approach to function, but it would be cool to try it out. It could hardly be worse than what we have.

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:43:07 +0000

That’s an interesting idea, but I wonder if it’s really feasible to maintain a state party that is not connected to a major national party and have it competitive with a party that is thus connected.

By: Tom Grover

Tom Grover — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:29:27 +0000

Excellent post. Maybe the problem is that the partisan system was developed nationally, where there is parity between Dems and reps. It’s too bad we can’t have a separate partisan system in Utah with two or more uniquely Utah parties divided at the center of the Utah spectrum rather than the national spectrum