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The other thing that a primary does (combined with a two party system in general) is make so that in the general election, the winner is very likely to have an overall majority of the votes cast. If there were many viable candidates in a 1 round Primary/General election in November, someone could become mayor with only 20 or 30 percent support. I think that's why a few 1 party cities (Seattle comes to mind) do a completely open primary, and the top two advance to the general. Then Republicans and Greens can vote for who they want in the primary, and actually vote for Fenty or Gray in the General

by arlucbo on Aug 26, 2010 3:50 pm • link • report

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