'Our systems of elections are a partisan construct where incentives to seek advantage can often conflict with fundamental democratic principles.' More from our friends at dividedwefall42:
If we had open primaries in all 50 states, voters would have more power and our political representatives would be incentivized to work much differently. The ability of partisan leaders and political bosses to demand fealty to narrow agendas would be significantly curtailed. Elected leaders would be freer to vote their conscience.
We stand at a critical juncture in the history of our democracy. We cannot allow partisan constructs, like our closed-party primary system, to disempower voters and handcuff elected representatives. It’s time to open up the primaries and let all voters vote.By Dan Butler of Washington University in St.
In surveys of state legislators, my colleagues and I found that when voting on legislation, incumbents are most worried about for taking compromise positions. Anticipating the needs of primary voters, incumbents act to make sure that these voters have little reason to boot them from office. As a result, they’re responsive to a smaller and more partisan segment of their constituents.
, and 2) encouraging voters to act strategically and cross party lines in support of moderate candidates. Unfortunately, evidence indicates that neither of these have occurred in early adopting states of the top-two primary.
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