Nick Troiano, author of The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes and founding executive director of Unite America, joins The Realignment. Marshall discuss the case against party primaries, how politicians respond to the structure of the American political system, the lessons and results of 2020s election reforms, and whether proposed election reforms benefit one side of the aisle over the other.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:12 - Problem with our election system
5:36 - Founding Fathers
8:51 - Issues that stem from our election system
15:34 - Solutions
22:16 - How to enact reform
29:03 - How do politicians operate?
34:11 - Pushback to reforms
37:30 - Young voters