Primaries paid for by taxpayers should be open to every registered voter. - 37% disagree · 21% pass · 338 saw it42% agree
A political party is a private association and should decide for itself who picks its nominees. - 47% disagree · 12% pass · 332 saw it41% agree
Closing a primary to party members is a reasonable way to stop rival voters from meddling. - 32% disagree · 14% pass · 329 saw itSplit53% agree
Independent voters are shut out of the only election that is actually competitive where they live. - 35% disagree · 12% pass · 329 saw itSplit53% agree
If a party wants a closed primary, the party should pay for it rather than the public. - 29% disagree · 11% pass · 342 saw itAgreement61% agree
Top-two primaries, where the two leading candidates advance regardless of party, produce better general elections. - 30% disagree · 14% pass · 329 saw itAgreement56% agree
Combining an open primary with ranked-choice voting is too complicated for most voters. - 35% disagree · 8% pass · 353 saw it56% agree
Ranked-choice voting should be decided separately from who may vote in a primary. - 48% disagree · 12% pass · 369 saw it41% agree
Opening primaries would not make elected officials any less partisan. - 51% disagree · 15% pass · 332 saw it35% agree
Changing the primary system is best done by the legislature, not by ballot measure. - 26% disagree · 11% pass · 363 saw itAgreement62% agree
Out-of-state donors should not fund campaigns to change how a state runs its elections. - 43% disagree · 18% pass · 341 saw it39% agree
A ballot measure funded mostly by out-of-state money is still legitimate if voters decide it. - 38% disagree · 8% pass · 365 saw itSplit54% agree
Voters rejected these measures in 2024, and that verdict should settle the question for now. - 47% disagree · 19% pass · 325 saw it34% agree
Congress should require states to let unaffiliated voters vote in federal primaries. - 42% disagree · 17% pass · 316 saw itSplit41% agree
How primaries work is a state matter and Congress should stay out of it. - 41% disagree · 13% pass · 327 saw it46% agree
Whatever the rule is, it should apply to every party in the state equally. - 43% disagree · 10% pass · 329 saw it47% agree
Letting a voter change party registration at the polling place invites strategic voting. - 31% disagree · 13% pass · 351 saw itAgreement56% agree
Allowing unaffiliated voters to choose one party's ballot is a fair middle ground. - 26% disagree · 13% pass · 375 saw itAgreement61% agree
Nonpartisan primaries would help good candidates who do not fit either party. - 44% disagree · 11% pass · 364 saw it45% agree
The current system protects incumbents more than it protects parties. - 39% disagree · 15% pass · 343 saw itSplit46% agree
I would be more likely to vote in a primary if I did not have to register with a party. - 42% disagree · 11% pass · 367 saw it47% agree
Louisiana closing its congressional primaries is a step backward. - 33% disagree · 14% pass · 345 saw itAgreement53% agree
Most voters do not know their own state's primary rules, and that is the bigger problem. - 37% disagree · 13% pass · 347 saw it50% agree
Unenrolled voters, the largest group in Massachusetts, should not have to pick a party's ballot to vote in a primary. - 35% disagree · 16% pass · 339 saw it49% agree