Recounting the primary
I sit the day after the primary in front of a luncheon audience of the Central Arkansas Political Animals Club at the Governor's Mansion.
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I sit the day after the primary in front of a luncheon audience of the Central Arkansas Political Animals Club at the Governor's Mansion.
On the eve of the May 24 primaries, the largest contributors to Arkansas' 2022 campaigns include familiar names such as investment banker Warren Stephens and the Arkansas Realtors Association, plus a bounty of out-of-state dollars.
Playing in other party’s primary or backing an independent candidate are two possible options.KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In an increasingly polarized nation, one party often dominates in a state while the other is seemingly consigned to permanent irrelevance. In such states, primary voters for the dominant party are able to flex their muscles to nominate a comparatively extreme candidate, who is all but assured a victory in the general election.— One creative way that minority parties in at least some of these states could fight back is to stop running candidates for major offices lik...