EPISODE · Jun 1, 2022 · 55 MIN
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Primaries?
from The Dispatch Podcast · host The Dispatch
Edward B. Foley, professor and director of the election law program at Ohio State, and Nick Troiano, executive director of Unite America, join Sarah for a conversation about reforming primaries. What does primary reform look like? Their conversation covers political science, history, and math. That’s right math. Can math save democracy? Show Notes: -Requiring Majority Winners for Congressional Elections -Foley in the Washington Post: “How our system of primary elections could destroy democracy” -The Sweep: “A Focus on the Problem with Primaries” -Unite America: “America Has a Primary Problem” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Edward B. Foley, professor and director of the election law program at Ohio State, and Nick Troiano, executive director of Unite America, join Sarah for a conversation about reforming primaries. What does primary reform look like? Their conversation covers political science, history, and math. That’s right math. Can math save democracy? Show Notes: -Requiring Majority Winners for Congressional Elections -Foley in the Washington Post: “How our system of primary elections could destroy democracy” -The Sweep: “A Focus on the Problem with Primaries” -Unite America: “America Has a Primary Problem” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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