See How California’s Top-Two Open Primary Shrinks Voter Choice in Congressional Races in November and Independent and Minor Party Candidates Fare Poorly in California Top-Two Open Primary. … Continue reading
Category Archives: primaries
WaPo: “House Republicans got a big break under California’s new primary system Tuesday, after Democrats failed to get a candidate into the general election for Rep. Gary Miller’s (R-Calif.) swing district.” See also New Map, New Rules Shake Up California … Continue reading
The LA Times reports. Off to vote in a few minutes. … Continue reading
NYT: “This year will be the first test of a new kind of election aimed at breaking the partisan gridlock that has seized Congress and state legislatures all over the country. When the change was presented to California voters by … Continue reading
Mercury News: “They’ve been a colorful part of California’s political landscape for decades — Greens, Libertarians, American Independents and members of the Peace and Freedom Party. But after Tuesday’s election, most of them will be all but invisible — and … Continue reading
From the new PPIC poll: Independents More Likely To Support Top-two Primary Californians will experience a big change this primary election with the advent of the top-two system, approved by voters in 2010. All voters now get a single ballot … Continue reading
The presidential nominating process and the national party conventions, 2012: Frequently asked questions (May 14) … Continue reading
The following press release arrived via email: A Statement by Americans Elect CEO Kahlil Byrd 12:01 A.M., MAY 15, 2012 – Over the past two years, Americans Elect has focused on achieving three clear goals: · Gaining nationwide ballot access … Continue reading
The Recall Elections Blog roundup. … Continue reading
The State reports [corrected link]. … Continue reading
Politico on Americans Elect: Third-party candidate for POTUS: Anyone? Walker? … Continue reading
See this ruling on the motion for a demurrer and this denial of a preliminary injunction. No surprises here. … Continue reading
Sheahan Virgin and Rob Richie write. … Continue reading
NYT’s “The Caucus” blog: “Members of the Republican National Committee considered — and rejected — changes to their presidential nominating process for 2016 after a contest this year that some members say was too long and drawn out. At a … Continue reading
Political Wire reports. … Continue reading
The Texas Tribune explains. … Continue reading
MacLeans on the new primary rules. … Continue reading
The Fix reports. … Continue reading
ABC News reports. … Continue reading
Politico: “Mitt Romney’s vaunted organization nearly failed him in Illinois, where he only remained eligible for delegates on the ballot after a negotiated truce between his campaign and Rick Santorum’s people.” … Continue reading
The Brad Blog reports. … Continue reading
TPM reports. … Continue reading
Interesting NYT report. … Continue reading
Political Wire reports. … Continue reading
Here it is. … Continue reading
TPM reports. … Continue reading
FairVote: “Contrary to conventional wisdom, current projected delegate totals for frontrunner Mitt Romney are far closer to what they would have been if every state had used a winner-take-all rule for allocating delegates than if they had used proportional allocation … Continue reading
Interesting report from The Fix. … Continue reading
NYT: “While Mr. Romney holds considerable advantages over his rivals, his aides acknowledge that he is unlikely to reach the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the nomination for at least two more months. His challengers have gradually given up on … Continue reading
Mother Jones: “I wanted a brokered convention,” Steele tells me. “That was one of my goals.” Why in the world would a party chairman desire apparent turmoil? To create excitement and shake up the party, Steele explains. So far this … Continue reading
WSJ: “The divided support between Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich has prevented either from becoming a permanent heir to the Not-Mitt mantle. As long as both are in the race, neither can likely amass enough delegates to overtake Mr. Romney.” … Continue reading
Interesting perspectives, and makes me long for the days of Legal Affairs Debate Club. … Continue reading
Mark Siegel, former executive director of DNC, games it out. … Continue reading
A FairVote compendium. … Continue reading
U.S. News reports. … Continue reading
Scott LeMieux weighs in on the Hasen/Bernstein debate. … Continue reading
Politico: “The independent Senate candidacy of former Maine Gov. Angus King is having a chilling effect on the potential bid of Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree.” If King runs, there will be no runoff: it will be a three-person race with … Continue reading
Allan Hoffenblum reports. Thanks to a loyal reader for passing along the link. … Continue reading
Jonathan Bernstein has a thoughtful response up at the New Republic to my Slate piece, Kill the Caucuses. … Continue reading
NYT’s “The Caucus” games it out. I suspect that if Romney ekes out a victory in Ohio, there will be lots of pressure on Santorum to drop out, and a coalescing further around Romney. … Continue reading
Dan Balz has written this column. … Continue reading
This time in Washington State. Kill the caucuses. … Continue reading
Michael Falcone has the scoop. Truly a self-inflicted wound. … Continue reading
Getting ugly. And another black eye on how the Republican Party in the states (mostly caucus states) have been running their delegate selection processes. … Continue reading
The Bipartisan Policy Center will hold this event with Jay Cost, John Fortier, Curtis Gans, and David Norcross on March 8. … Continue reading
Here’s a guest post from Rob Richie of Fairvote, making an important observation: The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza wrote last night that “In politics, winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. The score sheet only shows ‘W’s’ and ‘L’s’….When we … Continue reading
Bangor Daily News: The deadline to get on the primary ballot for Republican and Democratic candidates is March 15. Any interested candidate will need to get 2,000 certified signatures by that date (which means well above 2,000 total if you … Continue reading
Detroit Free Press: “The Michigan presidential primary vote was close and so will be the distribution of delegates based on the results in Michigan’s 14 congressional districts.” More on this coming. … Continue reading
MinnPost reports. … Continue reading
Soren Dayton on why it is time to kill the caucus. … Continue reading