Only three primaries left to go.



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There is only one week remaining in this primary season, with 94 percent of
elections completed as of Wednesday. While the official outcomes from this
election cycle remain up in the air, the numbers so far have already made one
thing abundantly clear —the Primary Problem
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season. In fact, it’s on track to producethe least representative — and least
accountable — Congress in our lifetime
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Tuesday didn’t help.



As we wait for voters in Delaware, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island to conclude
the primary calendar next Tuesday, here are three things to consider this week:





The Massachusetts primary was void of any competition
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The Primary Problem was on full display in Massachusetts — to say it was “bad”
would be a gross understatement. Of the commonwealth’s nine congressional
districts, not aSINGLE ONE had competition in the incumbent’s primary (meaning
the sitting legislator ran against…literallyno one). The Primary Problem is
often a case of just one of the two party primaries determining thede facto
winner before November's election even arrives. But in Massachusetts’s case,
nine Democratic incumbents faced zero opponents in their primary, and each
incumbent is in a safe seat. The result?Not one Massachusetts voter had any
meaningful say on Tuesday in determining their congressional representation
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. This is bad for all voters, and particularly problematic for the9% of the
state that is registered as Republican,
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60% of the state’s voters who went into the election unenrolled with either
party.





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FairVote celebrates 25 years of accurate election prediction
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For 25 years, FairVote has been accurately predicting the outcome of
congressional elections using their Monopoly Politics methodology.To learn more
about why these outcomes are so predictable,check out their
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about this year’s elections
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And, as a bonus, if you’re interested in hearing Rob Richie, CEO of FairVote,
speak to how ranked choice voting makes election outcomes less predictable,
checkout one of his recent interviewshere.
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Alaska is having a ripple effect
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We’ve looked back on Alaska’s recent primary and underscored how this
innovative new election system — top-four nonpartisan primaries and ranked
choice voting general elections — has given power back to the voters. Now, it
is time to look ahead to what comes next in the wake of this historic election.
Already, the outcome of the Alaska election is spurring reformers in other
states to seriously consider the possibility of implementing these reforms too.
An example of the Alaska ripple effect can be seen inColorado
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And, of course, an Alaska-type model will be on the ballot in Nevada this
November when voters will decide whether to advance Top-Five, instead of
Top-Four primaries with ranked choice voting just like Alaska — to a deciding
ballot measure in 2024.



As Unite America executive director Nick Troiano said to NBC News
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: “I’m more hopeful now than I’ve ever been that these solutions are positioned
for widespread adoption because I think the vast majority of Americans have
simply had enough with a system that no longer serves them.”



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Alana
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Unite America

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