Solomon Kleinsmith has this article about how top-two systems disadvantage candidates who are not backed by established figures in the two major parties. Kleinsmith is the founder of the blog “Rise of the Center”.
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April 23, 2026
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Solomon Kleinsmith has this article about how top-two systems disadvantage candidates who are not backed by established figures in the two major parties. Kleinsmith is the founder of the blog “Rise of the Center”.
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MORE SERIOUSLY, A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE:
County Supervisor Cleared in Donation Flap
County Supervisor Bill Horn is off the hook: state investigators have cleared him of wrongdoing in the case of a young man who denied to CityBeat [alternative weekly] that he gave a donation to the [San Diego] North County politician even though it was listed in campaign forms.
It seemed odd that the then-USC student, a pro-gay marriage activist, would give $500 to the very conservative [and corrupt] Horn, although his mother did so, “as did her employer, Bruce Tabb, a developer with several projects before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.”
Investigators say the man confirmed that he did make the donation.
When the top two are exactly the same….
It should be called “top one pretending to be two” every time.