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Andrew Cuomo: “If you had open primaries? It would do that, yes.”

Featuring: Andrew Cuomo, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

Andrew Cuomo | Full Episode 10.24.25 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

Published October 25, 2025 | Video Starts at 22:57

Should New York City have open primaries in addition to ranked choice voting? If you had open primaries, would that. Eliminate this situation where you have all these independent candidates running? If you had open primaries? It would do that, yes. Would that be better? And I opposed it at one time. Now, if we're sitting from where you sit now, how do you feel? Well, I feel. Would open primaries solve that? (22:57–23:08)

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