The Primary System Is Preventing Action

Edward B. Foley, professor and director of the election law program at Ohio State, and Nick Troiano, executive director of Unite America, join Sarah for a conversation about reforming primaries. What does primary reform look like? Their conversation covers political science, history, and math. That’s right math. Can math save democracy?

Show Notes:

-Requiring Majority Winners for Congressional Elections

-Foley in the Washington Post: “How our system of primary elections could destroy democracy”

-The Sweep: “A Focus on the Problem with Primaries”

-Unite America: “America Has a Primary Problem”

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