US Politics
California's Broken Promise: How the Top-Two Primary and Political Secrecy Are Strangling Democracy
California's top-two open primary system, championed as a tool to foster moderation, has largely failed to break partisan gridlock, with races still typically advancing one Democrat and one Republican to the general election. This cynical failure of a well-intentioned reform represents a deep wound to our democratic process, allowing special interests and voter confusion to perpetuate the very extremism the system was meant to cure, leaving the ideal of a responsive, representative government bleeding out on the Golden State's ballot.
