Wouldn't people quitting cut down the possibility of voting for "people they truly wanted to be the executive team?"
No. If the similar candidates were paired/teamed together, it'd be easier to just vote for the team your favorite is on rather than having to worry if you're wasting a vote because your favorite won't get to 15% or whatever, or not even be running the next day.
Do you know or have heard of anyone voting at this point "to achieve a result based on pluralities and delegate schemes and who'll still be running weeks or months later?"
Yes, that's primarily what me and my dog's rehab techs talked about during the 20 minutes of water treadmill yesterday.
I haven't seen a Warren or Pete supporter say yet, well I like A, but I'm voting for B because my person is going to lose.
Does Klobuchar count? This was the first one I saw on sys' timeline.
https://twitter.com/boardingsoon/status/1232669422705311744I can identify that Bernie is going to win, but if I were voting on Super Tuesday I wouldn't vote for him. This process isn't any different than any other primary process has been. 2% of the delegates have been awarded to this point, I'm unclear as to why you think all of these people should be dropping out right now.
I'm waiting until the last possible minute to see what the field and numbers are before I pick, and it'll almost certainly be based on number manipulation as much as anything else including who I think will be best.
If not people dropping out earlier, maybe the primaries should go to a playoff/bracket system of one-on-one eliminations.