I had an opportunity to vote
for the first time since returning to California in an open primary. In this
process, you vote for a candidate in a particular race, and candidates from all parties are lumped together. The top two then go on to the general election
in November. The implication is that it’s possible that in November you could
be deciding between two Democrats or two Republicans rather than one from each
party as results from more traditional primaries.
The other implication in
this particular primary was the large number of candidates to decide between. Twenty-seven
candidates ran for Governor and thirty-two for US Senator.
It was an interesting
experience, but I haven’t decided if this is better or worse than the more
traditional approach. What do you think?
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