"Barnyard BOb -" wrote in message
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Here in Missouri -
Our PRIMARIES are wide open, but....

Not for long. The Feds have ruled this is illegal. That is the reason
Washington has changed it's form.

It can lead to all kinds of mischief if a bunch of Democrats get
organized and
select the weakest Republican candidate to run against their more
electable one...
or vice-versa.

It can. However, a bunch of Republicrats can still choose to vote the
opposite party in the primary and select the weak sisters of the opposition.
Then, in the "Open" regular election, vote for their own candidate and win.

It made no difference in supressing the type of tactic you cite. What it did
was to give strength to the also-ran party candidates who would lose votes
from their own faithful. It is a flawed system.

Rich "Vote for me for King - I'll straighten them out!" S.