The research and education arm of the voters first movement.

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What We Know About Congressional Primaries

Lee Drutman - New America
July 1, 2021

The Primary Problem: How partisan primaries disenfranchise voters, distort representation, and fuel political division

Unite America Institute
March 1, 2021

Primaries: More than One Way to Find a Party Nominee

National Conference of State Legislatures
January 1, 2021

Monopoly Politics Report: The Root of Dysfunction in the U.S. House of Representatives

FairVote
December 1, 2020

The Next Great Migration: The Rise of Independent Voters

Open Primaries Education Fund
November 1, 2020

California’s Top-two Primary: A Successful Reform

Charles Munger - USC Schwarzenegger Institute
February 22, 2019

Political Polarization and Voters in the 2018 Congressional Primaries

Elaine Kamarck and Alexander Podkul - Brookings Institute
October 23, 2018

Anticipating Trouble: Congressional Primaries and Incumbent Behavior

Elaine Kamarck and James Wallner - R Street and Brookings Institute
October 1, 2018

Political Polarization and Candidates in the 2016 Congressional Primaries

Elaine Kamarck and Alexander Podkul with Nick Zeppos - Brookings Institute
January 1, 2017

The Adoption of Electoral Reforms and Ideological Change in the California State Legislature

Christian Grose
February 21, 2014