blog post Assessing the Top Two Primary By Eric McGhee Jun 9, 2016 How is the top two primary faring? There will be 22 same-party races this election cycle, similar to but slightly lower than the 25 in 2014 and 28 in 2012.
blog post Quirks of the Top-Two Primary By Eric McGhee Jun 5, 2014 It’s worth thinking about whether a same-party contest is really the match-up voters there would like to see.
blog post Is the Top-Two Primary to Blame for Low Turnout? By Eric McGhee Jun 9, 2014 Should we blame California’s new "top-two” primary for the abysmal voter turnout in the June election?
blog post The Special Election and the Top-Two Primary By Eric McGhee Mar 19, 2015 The "top-two” primary rules have changed the contest for a Bay Area state senate seat.
blog post Commentary: California’s Top-Two Primary, Explained By Eric McGhee Jun 6, 2018 The California governor’s race and all its key House races will feature a Democrat against a Republican in the fall campaign. What would normally be an unremarkable statement counts as breaking news for California.
blog post California’s Election Reforms at the Dawn of a New Decade By Eric McGhee Jul 18, 2022 The June primary marked the tenth of anniversary of two major changes to elections in California: the Citizens Redistricting Commission and the Top Two primary. What can the recent primary’s results tell us about the impact of these reforms?
blog post The Top-Two System and Election 2016 By Eric McGhee Nov 10, 2016 This election marked the third outing for California's "top two" primary system.
blog post The Top Two and Turnout in California’s Primary By Mark Baldassare May 30, 2018 California's top-two primary system could mean a one-party gubernatorial race in November, with serious implications for Republican turnout.
