Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform: Mitigating Mischief

Law

Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform: Mitigating Mischief

Edited by R. Michael Alvarez · J. Andrew Sinclair
Cambridge University Press November 2015

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ISBN-13
9781107690158
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
November 2015
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Over the years, observers of American politics have noted the deleterious effects of party polarization in both the national and state legislatures. Reformers have tried to address this problem by changing primary election laws. A theory underlies these legal changes: the reformers tend to believe that 'more open' primary laws will produce more centrist, moderate, or pragmatic candidates. The 'top-two' primary, just implemented in California, represents the future of these antiparty efforts.

Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform examines California's first use of the top-two primary system in 2012. R. Michael Alvarez and J. Andrew Sinclair evaluate the primary from a variety of perspectives and using several different methodologies. Although the first use of this primary system in California did not immediately reshape the state's politics, it also did not have many of the deleterious consequences that some observers had feared. This study provides the foundation for future studies of state primary systems.

Table of Contents

1. A problem posed in Tampa
2. Primary expectations
3. The year and the proposition
4. What happened in 2012?: Legislative elections
5. Primary elections and voter participation
6. The voter's view
7. Abandonment of weak parties
8. Voter expectations for California's top-two primary
9. Voting rights, representation, and the top-two primary
10. Beyond the spatial model
11. Conclusion.
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