The Death of Competition in American Elections
www.nytimes.com
A vast majority of 2024 races for Congress and state legislatures were decided by low-turnout or meaningless primaries. The trend is making politics more polarized and eroding public trust.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/18770822

This makes it incredibly important to actually show up and vote during primaries — they’re what actually decide who will host most offices.

Changing the system would be good too, but you can’t do that without holding power in the first place.