Top-two primary systems are designed to reduce political polarization by allowing the top two candidates, regardless of party, to advance to the general election. However, there are concerns about potential downsides, such as limiting third-party representation and possibly lowering voter turnout. Could this system actually stifle political diversity? Would it lead to more moderate candidates, or could it reduce voter choice? How might this impact heavily partisan districts?
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One of the state senators I voted for has committed to making my state have open primaries, which I think is pretty great because I wouldn’t have to be a registered Democrat to vote in the primaries anymore.
It’s worked really well for my state! (WA)
I applaud any electoral reform but the best solution is to just do away with primaries and have all interested candidates run in a single round using approval voting or some similar method.
Primaries exist as a method to slightly address shortcomings of our shitty FPTP system, if we improve the main voting system then primaries wouldn’t be necessary.
The more complete solution is ranked-choice voting.
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