Many people are assuming that because a US judge scraped New Jersey’s ballot design for June primary that party bosses have lost power. Progressives and others have been looking for a magic bullet to equalize the advantage the party line gives party candidates, and mistakenly assume that this comes because of the way the ballot is set up – the old political adage of “Vote A all the way” or some other kind of phrasing.
While a federal judge’s ruling to force the state to scrap its primary design may make it more difficult for organization candidates, it hardly destroys the influence of party bosses as is being alluded to. Political elections are an organized sport, and in New Jersey […].
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