[EL] none of the 19 US House Republicans from states without partisan primaries in 2020 voted for infrastructure

[Richard Winger]

Tonight 13 Republicans in the US House voted for the infrastructure bill.  None of the 19 Republican members from states without partisan primaries voted for the bill.
Over and over, we hear well-publicized figures preach that partisan primaries are the evil that causes polarization.  But in reality, it seems that states without partisan primaries are less likely to produce centrist moderates.  There are other congressional roll call votes that bolster my conclusion, which I can cite if anyone is interested.
I do acknowledge that Congressman Don Young of Alaska voted for the infrastructure bill, and Alaska has switched to a system without partisan primaries for the future.

Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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