The Primary Solution

Nick Troiano  (Executive Director of Unite America) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss how our process for primary elections fuels the partisan doom loop and leaves more and more Americans disappointed about their choices, and Nick’s new book The Primary Solution: Rescuing our Democracy from the Fringes 

Segments to look forward to:

(01:52) The Need for Primary Election Reform

(02:56) The Impact of Primary Reform on Elected Officials and Political Parties

(15:42) How Closed Primaries Disenfranchise Voters 

(16:40) Structural Reforms and Cultural Change: Creating a Healthier Democracy

(21:14)Exploring Primary Reform Options

(30:50) Why We Should Abolish Partisan Primaries 

(33:06) The Success of the Alaska System 

(37:04) The Arguments Against Reforms (And Why They Don’t Make Sense)

(40:00) The Path Forward for Primary Reform

(51:39) Envisioning an Ideal Electoral System

Read The Primary Solution: https://www.uniteamerica.org/book

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