By Tom Rogers and Susan Del Percio

Independents or non-affiliated voters are not being counted enough in primaries – and this is a big problem – especially for 2024. The Common Good Index on National Division indicates that 88% of Americans believe the way political parties choose candidates is an important contributor to national division. We need to fix our primary system.

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Last fall The Common Good, a nonpartisan organization, released The Common Good Index of National Division, an annual index which quantifies the level of national division. The findings indicated "88 percent believe the way political parties choose candidates is an important contributor to national division. Twenty-five percent of Americans place that at the top of the list of things that most divide us.

The problem with non-affiliated voters is that their participation in partisan primaries is extremely low despite the impact their numbers could have if they were driven to vote.

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