Nonpartisan primary

A nonpartisan primary, also called top-two primary,^[1] or jungle primary^[2] is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office run against each other at once, regardless of political party. This is the first round of a two-round system. A two-round system where the first round is held on Election Day is known in the US as runoff voting or top-two runoff.

People who support this system, say it helps moderate candidates, as members of a minority party could vote for a more moderate candidate from the majority party.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Francis, Mary (2020-12-28). "A Top-Four Primary Would Give Voters More Choices". Sightline Institute. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
↑ Joe Klein. "California’s New Jungle Primary System". Time. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
↑ Nagourney, Adam (24 May 2018). "Here's How California's 'Jungle Primary' System Works". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-23. The theory was that candidates would be forced to moderate their appeals to win a broader section of the electorate. ... leading to a November ballot between two candidates from the same party. That would happen if multiple candidates from the same party crowded the ballot, canceling each other out as they divided a finite group of voters
↑ Kousser, Thad. "California's jungle primary sets up polarized governor's race for November". The Conversation. Retrieved 2018-06-23. The idea was that by opening up primaries to all voters, regardless of party, a flood of new centrist voters would arrive. That would give moderate candidates a route to victory .. Candidates did not represent voters any better after the reforms, taking positions just as polarized as they did before the top two. We detected no shift toward the ideological middle.
↑ "The Primary: What Is It Good For?". The Center for Election Science. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2018-06-23. This approach aims to soften how partisan the winners are. ... support for the middle is divided among three candidates (we call this vote-splitting). Plurality's winners are largely determined not by the merit of the candidates, but rather by who else is running.

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[1] Francis, Mary (2020-12-28). "A Top-Four Primary Would Give Voters More Choices". Sightline Institute. Retrieved 2021-03-31.

[2] Joe Klein. "California’s New Jungle Primary System". Time. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

[:02-3] Nagourney, Adam (24 May 2018). "Here's How California's 'Jungle Primary' System Works". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-23. The theory was that candidates would be forced to moderate their appeals to win a broader section of the electorate. ... leading to a November ballot between two candidates from the same party. That would happen if multiple candidates from the same party crowded the ballot, canceling each other out as they divided a finite group of voters

[:22-4] Kousser, Thad. "California's jungle primary sets up polarized governor's race for November". The Conversation. Retrieved 2018-06-23. The idea was that by opening up primaries to all voters, regardless of party, a flood of new centrist voters would arrive. That would give moderate candidates a route to victory .. Candidates did not represent voters any better after the reforms, taking positions just as polarized as they did before the top two. We detected no shift toward the ideological middle.

[:12-5] "The Primary: What Is It Good For?". The Center for Election Science. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2018-06-23. This approach aims to soften how partisan the winners are. ... support for the middle is divided among three candidates (we call this vote-splitting). Plurality's winners are largely determined not by the merit of the candidates, but rather by who else is running.

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