Electoral Reform- Part 7: Primaries and Caucuses

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  November 17th at 10:16 AM  | 

Most nominees for political office are chosen through the primary election system. Many have noted that this system tends to select the more “extreme” candidate for either party at the expense of the more moderate candidate since it is the hard-core Republican or hard-core Democrat who tends to show up for these primary elections. However, that assertion tends to miss the point and assumes that | Read More »