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Closed Primaries Are Driving America Crazy

From the Left / Froma Harrop /

How could Donald Trump with bottom-scraping approval ratings decide who would represent the Republican Party in the upcoming Texas senatorial race? The primary system offers an explanation. A simple open primary system would have let the broader public choose -- and, ironically, save Republicans from a very possible loss in November.

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