The Primary Solution
Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024, ©2024.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: ix, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"In a divided America, the biggest solvable problem fueling political extremism and dysfunction is hiding in plain sight: partisan primaries. The Primary Solution shows how to fix them"--Dust jacket flap.
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Origins of the primary problem -- The invention of partisan primaries -- The weaponization of partisan primaries -- Part II: A lose-lose-lose system -- Bad for voters -- Bad for the country -- Bad for the parties -- Part III: The better alternative -- The primary solution -- Alaska's proof of concept -- A better way to pick a president -- Part IV: The path toward nationwide reform -- Winning: one state at a time -- Overcoming objections to primary reform -- Conclusion.
Subjects:
Primaries -- United States.
Election law -- United States.
Political parties -- United States.
Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States.
Right and left (Political science) -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Primaries -- United States.
Election law -- United States.
Political parties -- United States.
Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States.
Right and left (Political science) -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781668028254
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GOV Politics Parties Tro | North Main | Nonfiction | Transit Request |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-320) and index.