On January 30-31, the Institute of Government Studies held a public forum on the 2014 California election. One of the panels was “The Top-Two: So What?”, which featured one political scientist and three campaign consultants. Amy Walter, who attended the forum, here reports on that panel’s finding, with most attention to what Eric McGhee, the political scientist on the panel, said. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

McGhee did mention briefly that the top-two system has virtually ended the ability of minor party members to campaign in the general election season, but Walters did not mention that in her story.