The political World Series between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris has garnered the most attention, along with several U.S. Senate races, but as recent news in Ohio reminds us, , conservatives are fighting important local battles as well. Another eye-opening battle is with Democratic-led Idaho. Suggestion 1.

The motivation for proposition 1 is simple. Not so long ago, Democrats could compete against Republicans in Idaho. today in idaho It’s ruby ​​red And it becomes more conservative every year.

Liberals in Idaho will feel left out and voiceless. That’s understandable. Try being a Republican. California or Massachusetts.

How will activist Democrats respond? Try to change the rules to increase your chances. If a level playing field with honest referees doesn’t work, try tilting the field or bribing the referee. Please enter suggestion 1.

The first element of Proposition 1 is: abolish Eliminate Idaho’s closed primary election system and replace it with open primaries in which all voters can vote for any candidate.

For example, imagine you need a new car. Do your research, talk to your family, and narrow down your options. Great, ready to haggle.

Now, homeowners associations are insisting that your neighbors have an equal say in what kind of car you buy. After all, if you park on the street, your neighbors will be able to see your car. It doesn’t matter if your neighbor is a hands-on gearhead or owns a driveway full of rusted Fiats, they have an equal say in what you buy.

As crazy as it sounds, this is the first part of proposal one.

Under the current system, Republicans choose the candidates and Democrats choose the candidates. They will then go head-to-head in a general election. Sound familiar?

But TV ads in favor of Proposition 1 say it will allow hundreds of thousands of taxpayer-funded Idahoans to vote. that It’s false. Under current law, nothing prevents Idahoans from voting.

A closed primary means that if you want to vote but don’t want to register as a Republican, you can vote in the Democratic primary. And if you don’t want to belong to either party or affiliate with a third party, that’s up to you, but by default you’ve voted with your feet not to participate in the party system . And please note that being a “tax paying” Idahoan has nothing to do with this issue.

The second element of Prop. 1 would create a survival-of-the-fittest jungle system, also known as “ranked voting,” in which each voter chooses one candidate for each office and instead of the top vote-getter winning, the winner is determined. It is something to be introduced.

The onus is on proponents of Proposition 1 to explain why jungle voting is objectively better. they’re not trying to do that. They just hope that their open primary strategy will lead to a jungle vote victory.

The current voting system, which is simple and natural, has been used in Idaho and throughout the United States for many years.

The only reason to propose changes from simple and obvious to complex and confusing is because your supporters don’t like the outcome of the election and are trying to rig the rules to improve their chances. be. Their complaints don’t justify change, but they should warn conservatives in Idaho to kill this.

The bigger story is that when Democrats lose based on the rules, they either break the rules or try to change them. Supreme Court rules against President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness? He just moves on anyway.

Don’t like many of the Supreme Court’s decisions? Try to fill the court.

Frustrated that your ideas can’t pass the U.S. Senate? Kill the filibuster.

Conservatives need to do more than just push back. The time has come to find a way to go on the offensive. The best defense is a good attack.

J.D. Foster is the former Chief Economist of the Office of Management and Budget and the former Chief Economist and Executive Vice Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He now lives relatively freely in the hills of Idaho.

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