OPINION: 'In statewide contests and competitive legislative districts, open primaries would almost surely tip the scales against ideologues,' writes Tucson author Bob Riel.
Now that primary election season is over, it might be time to ask whether we’re doing them all wrong.
I find it hard to believe that most voters are on board with this anti-democracy stance, since polls consistently show two-thirds of Americans do accept the 2020 vote as legitimate. An open primary has all candidates on the same ballot. Voters can choose any candidate, regardless of party affiliation, with the top two or more vote-getters advancing to the general election. The goal is to encourage candidates to speak to a wider electorate.
I recently wrote a book on the history of presidential elections and it was obvious while researching these contests that democracy works best when there are at least two ideologically unique parties competing for votes. But these parties, crucially, need to respect the right of the other side to exist and to hold different opinions. That isn’t the case today, as for the first time since the Civil War era one of the major parties widely refuses to accept the legitimacy of its electoral losses.
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