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Political scientist/ Sr fellow @NewAmerica/ Lecturer @JHUGovStudies/ Podcast - politicsinquestion.com /Co-founder @fixourhouse/ leedrutman.substack.com
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“Open the primaries” is the wrong answer to the right question

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Ask a despairing pundit or member of Congress how to fix our politics, and there’s a decent chance they’ll offer this simple bromide: “We need to open the primaries. Let independents vote in primaries.” I get the intuition. If “open the primaries” ever sounded right to you, you noticed something true. Most November elections are not competitive, and becoming even less so. Most elections are decided in April or May or June, in the primaries. So shouldn’t everybody get to vote in that election?
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Campaign finance reform for a multiparty America

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Some thoughts on managing the money when we upgrade our electoral system. When I talk about proportional representation or fusion voting, I usually get a question about the money. What’s the point of redesigning the electoral system if billionaires can still buy the results? My answer used to be: Do the electoral reform first, start breaking the two-party doom loop, and campaign finance reform gets easier. Try to fix the money problem inside the current electoral system, and you’ll keep losing.
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