Open primaries would force candidates to demonstrate broad appeal to the overall electorate in order to advance to the general election.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Use new glue to repair our democracy
Open primaries will encourage voters to think of ourselves not as Republicans or Democrats, but as Americans.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sanders faces tough decisions as path to nomination narrows
The Vermont senator confronts the grim calculation that he has virtually no chance of leading the Democratic Party’s ticket.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
With Trump their only choice, more Maine Republicans than usual left ballots blank
An analysis of Tuesday’s voting in the state’s largest towns shows that 1 in 5 of the party’s primary voters left the president’s oval blank or wrote in another name.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Public health big winner in Maine’s special election
A vaccine requirement receives strong support, and other outcomes of Tuesday’s primary.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Biden, Sanders crossed old political boundaries in Maine’s Democratic primary
Voting results defied conventional geographic and demographic divisions among the state’s Democrats, who reacted to a winnowing of the field in recent days.
Posted inElections, Nation & World
New California voting system was supposed to be a national model – it wasn’t
About one-fifth of Las Angeles County’s touch-screen voting machines did not work properly and had to be replaced.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Biden builds coalition that could boost Democrats in November
Joe Biden had a strong showing Tuesday among African-Americans, suburbanites and moderate white voters.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Biden and Sanders in close primary battle as count goes into Wednesday
Turnout was heavy for Maine’s first presidential primary in 20 years, and with 78% of polling places counted, Biden leads Sanders by about 1,350 votes.
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Maine Voices: Ranked-choice presidential primaries would give boost to moderates
Though Bernie Sanders would still lead, poll results show clearly that Democrats are more evenly split than declaring a plurality leader as the winner suggests.