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Posts tagged as “top two primary”

Independents in California gives way to new election dynamic

By Austin Battenberg on June 18, 2012 10:48 AM

 

The recent Pew Research Center study points out that party identification is declining, while independents are on a dramatic incline, and that 43 percent of independents identify as squarely moderate.

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Article on Top Two in California Separates Fact from Fiction

By Trent Hill on December 16, 2011 4:26 PM

This article by Paul Mitchell highlights how Top Two has impacted California elections, as opposed to how it was supposed to effect elections. Mitchell sets out to separate myth from reality:

Much of this year’s legislative and congressional drama has focused on the decennial redistricting, but the greater impact could come from our seemingly annual attempt to change election systems in California.

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