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

[Richard Winger]

On June 16, 2021, the House passed SB 475, for a Juneteenth Holiday.  The bill had passed the US Senate unanimously.  But in the House, 14 Republicans (but no Democrats) voted "no."  Two of those 14 Republicans were from California, a top-two state:  Doug LaMalfa and Tom McClintock.  I am taking the view that these 14 Republicans were extremists on the right.  None of the 14 Republicans were from a closed primary state, except one from Kentucky.
On May 19, 2021, the House voted on a resolution to study the Jan. 6, 2021 incident at the capitol.  35 Republicans in the US House voted for it, even though the Republican leadership in the US House was against it.  So this is the reverse of the above paragraph; this is a way to identify 35 Republican compromisers/moderates.  The moderate Republicans were: 12 from states with closed Republican primaries, 6 from states with semi-closed Republican primaries, 14 from states with open primaries, and 3 from states without partisan primaries (2 from Washington and one from California).
I am saying type of primary system does not determine what kinds of candidate gets elected.  People who preach that the type of primary system determines the characteristics of the winners say there is a strong correlation, but there isn't.

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

    On Saturday, November 6, 2021, 08:53:55 AM PDT, <larrylevine at earthlink.net> wrote:  
 
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I would like to see that expanded list of votes that back this position.

Thanks,
Larry

  

From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf Of Richard Winger
Sent: Friday, 5 November 2021 10:25 PM
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Subject: [EL] none of the 19 US House Republicans from states without partisan primaries in 2020 voted for infrastructure

  

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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