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The letter below appears in The Economist of last week. It deals very well with voting/election issues and I encourage supporting these measures in New Mexico.
Another factor that has led to the current state of American politics (“Trump’s legacy”, January 9th) is the pernicious effect of party primaries. Energetic and well-organised minorities of interests vote in the primaries for ideologues, who are guaranteed almost-certain election in gerrymandered districts dominated by their party. The system produces increasing numbers of rigid partisans in Congress. It also explains why Republican legislators found it so difficult to challenge Donald Trump. They knew that their seats were at risk if they defied the zealous Trump primary base.
The problem of hyper-partisanship would be reduced by the widespread adoption of non-party blanket primaries, in which all candidates, Democrat and Republican, compete on the same primary ballot for a spot on the general election ballot. The top two go through. If both candidates are from the same party they have to compete against each other in the general. They would therefore have to appeal for votes across the political spectrum; those pandering to a narrow base, no matter how energised, are less likely to win.
WILLIAM HORNS
Fitchburg, Wisconsin
Mr. Horns, who I do not know, brings out the issues of Gerrymandering, narrowly focused candidates appealing to a narrow base and top two, or Ranked Choice Voting.
Getting this done in NM will take time.
George Richmond
Hannah Burling is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
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