Do you see my point?

How, they both get sent to the general and no one on the left gets the seat

In this scenario that is the case, but there are many scenarios in which the democrat gets the seat at the start.

This is actually how we're gonna win Issa's old seat if that happens

All I am saying!

2 Rs, and a bunch of dems, that's a difference

Is let's not do this

That only works because it's in the primary.

We shouldn't just run purely 1 R everywhere

that wasn't my point.

And this is a primary, with a runoff election should no one hit 50% (which they won't)

I don't think it's a primary, I think it's a full blown runoff election.

And we're just trying to treat it as a primary

right?

No, because there's a bunch of candidates

It's not a runoff

it's technically a general election?

It's a "special election" but it's a sort of jungle type of deal

When they vote Democrats and Republicans will all be on one ballot?

And if someone gets 50% they win the seat?

If someone gets 50% they get the seat

So it's a general election.

If no one does, the top 2 candidates get to a runoff election

yes

by technicality

So it's not a primary

Thus my point being.

This across the board, is a bad idea, we shouldn't ram as many candidates into the general election as possible.

it resembles jungle primaries more than it resembles a general election

Why not 2 in this case?

this is the end of Dlimpfovich McPutin

It's not a jungle primary because someone wins a set if they get 50% of the vote

It has resemblance

I don't see why my notion is that far out there.

because of the fact that the history of this seat has had 2 Rs go to a runoff

If someone wins the primary we should get behind them even if we don't like them instead of having faithless candidates who stay on the ballet till the end.

but they haven't

This kind of action gives the democrats an advantage if they're more unified./

that's not how this election works

there's no primary

it's open season until a runoff happens