The New York Times has this article, describing how California’s top-two system has not changed California politics very much since it was put into effect, but showing how it is worrying Democrats in certain U.S. House races in 2018.
The paper says some variant of the system is in effect in four states. This is not accurate. Proponents of top-two constantly say that their system exists in Nebraska and Louisiana. But Louisiana abolished primaries (except presidential primaries) and simply has a general election in November in which no candidate is barred from the ballot. Nebraska has closed primaries for state executive office and county partisan office; semi-closed primaries for federal office; and a non-partisan system for the legislature. None of Nebraska’s characteristics matches a top-two system, which includes party labels on the ballot but abolishes party nominees.
NO primaries.
PR and AppV
Perhaps have a *Useful Information* [BAN top] item about the various partisan and nonpartisan nomination and election systems in all parts of the USA — to educate the public and esp. the brain dead always lazy media ???
or at least a link to ballotopedia, wiki, etc.
About 10-15 percent of voters do NOT vote [are *NONVOTES*] in a general election if there are 2 Donkeys or 2 Elephants — ie about 25-35 percent of either gang do NOT vote for the lesser/greater evil in the other gang.
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PR and AppV
Louisiana does not hold general elections in November. Louisiana combined the partisan primaries into an Open Primary (and possible runoff) and abolished the general election. Nebraska uses Top 2 for the unicameral.
Perhaps more accurate classification would be:
(1) Segregated partisan nomination; and
(2) Non-partisan nomination.