WaPo Publishes Op-Ed Calling for Giving ‘Elites a Bigger Say in Choosing the President,’ Edits After Backlash
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The Washington Post of record realizes that there’s potentially going to be a brokered convention for the presidential nomination — one in which the party elites would decide who’ll end up running against Donald Trump in the 2020 election if no candidate has enough delegates to win.
On Tuesday, The Washington Post published an Op-Ed by Marquette University political science professor Julia Azari on preference voting in primaries and how it could help party elites make a decision in such a circumstance.
You can see why this got a bit of backlash, but what really got backlash was the original title: “It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president.”
It didn’t take long for that title to be changed — it’s now, “It’s time to switch to preference primaries” — but not after significant backlash.
So, first, let’s talk about the objectionable nature of the piece, no matter what the title is. Azari believes that if there isn’t a clear choice, the elites ought to be the ones guiding the process, with the voters “guiding” them:
“The current process is clearly flawed, but what would be better?” she wrote.
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