Primary voters are unrepresentative, inconsistent and very powerful

Primary winners represent the views of a small group of people who turn out inconsistently and often do not even represent the the views of the parties’ voters, to say nothing of the general public.

2026年美國初選競爭激烈、投票率高於往年，但政治學者指出初選選民整體偏老、偏富、偏白且投票不連續，實際由極少數人決定國會多數席位。作者認為開放初選等改革效果有限，主張合並初選日期甚至設立全國初選日以提高參與度和代表性。