This Freakonomics podcast describes an “election trifecta” three ideas to greatly improve US elections.
- Non-partisan, single ballot primaries, with the top four vote getters moving on to the general election
- ranked-choice voting in the general election
- non-partisan redistricting
This all sounds pretty good. The two major parties are not producing good candidates for leadership of our country, and they are preventing more talented potential leaders from competing.
I am a registered Democrat in a state with closed primaries, and I wrote in Bernie Sanders in the primary. I would have voted for Joe Biden in the general, but then again I would have voted and will vote for anyone who is not a serial rapist, convicted felon, and traitor who led a violent attack on the United States Congress.