A national campaign to lessen polarization pushes states to ditch partisan primaries
Briefly

"People are losing faith in democracy itself, said Kent Thiry, the group's co-chair and the former chief executive officer of the kidney dialysis firm DaVita Inc, during a Denver debate about the initiative on the Colorado ballot."
"Nick Troiano, Unite America's executive director, said the goal is to end a system where 85% of congressional seats are effectively filled in partisan primaries because the districts are so overwhelmingly Democratic or Republican that whoever wins the relevant primary is virtually guaranteed victory in November."
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