Posted on 03/12/2021 4:31:27 PM PST by cotton1706
In 2017, I published a Harvard Business School report with Professor Michael Porter that addressed the unhealthy competition in politics created by party primaries and plurality voting, and first proposed this combination of open primaries and instant runoff general elections. The report made its way to Alaska and to Republican political operative Scott Kendall, who had worked for both Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski and independent former Gov. Bill Walker. Inspired, Kendall wrote a bold ballot initiative around Final-Four Voting, a close sibling to Final-Five.
It passed. No more party primaries in Alaska. The effect is already evident. As one of only two US senators in the country with virtual immunity against getting primaried, Murkowski has been empowered to chart an independent course, speak out early and forcefully against the Capitol building insurrection and vote to convict former President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial. One does not have to agree with Murkowski's politics to see the benefits of eliminating the party primary -- among them freedom from the tyranny of the extreme wings of both parties.
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No one needs to hear from a 2-city state. Really.
Umm... wasn't Murkowski primaried in her last election cycle?
They mean since Alaska passed Ranked Choice voting.
I had to study a whole lot of Michael Porter while in college. He has the uncanny knack of using elaborate and confusing models to explain plain common sense.
2010, then she won the general as a write in.
That sucks, I was looking forward to seeing her defeated.
Cost-savings measure. All elections from here on out will have predetermined outcomes, making any campaigning, advertising, and so on very inefficient and wasteful.
“Lisa, I can see 2022 from my house.”
Yes, and it looks like Governor Palin may run against her this time.
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