Primary election: Difference between revisions

== Notes ==

Partisan primary elections tend to result in a [[center squeeze effect]]. A candidate liked by all voters can theoretically be eliminated from contention because more partisan voters prefer candidates closer to their views, to the detriment of more centrist nonpartisan voters who don't vote in primaries. This is a major reason why the "[[unified primary]]" has started finding support. Centrist candidates have a better chance of avoiding elimination under unified primaries than other methods, since partisans could support both their favorite candidates and the compromise candidates, rather than only choosing one (as required in [[first-past-the-post]] and typical [[Blanket primary|blanket primaries]]).

 

[[Category:Voting theory]]