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Hijack the Primaries

Why America needs a Pirate Party

Control of the U.S. political conversation is no longer won every other year on the day after the first Monday in November. Instead, Republican and Democratic gerrymandering has moved the fight to the state primaries, where, ironically, it has rendered the parties unnecessary.

Winning the primary of the party that the district was gerrymandered for is a near guarantee of winning the general election.

Therefore, using the existing party infrastructure, upstart political ideas can be rapidly tested in the marketplace of public opinion by a loose affiliation of party-independent candidates. To be effective, these ideas need to coordinate nationally and see whether support exists for a grassroots movement that combines donors, volunteers and candidates.

To make this to happen, the ideal vehicle is an American version of the European Pirate Party. A party that exists to allow rapid testing of political ideas and get candidates who support those ideas elected by hijacking the primaries.