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Brian Fitzpatrick: “In America, roughly 18% of Americans vote in primaries.”

Featuring: Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican | U.S. House Pennsylvania, 1st Congressional District

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The Pod Couple: Episode 3 — Bipartisanship in Congress

Published | Video Starts at 07:46

Closed primaries is the case in over, I'm sorry, just under half the states in this country. And the combination of those two are absolutely lethal to moderation, centrism and bipartisanship. So In America, roughly 18% of Americans vote in primaries. And if you're in one of the 23 states and different states do it different ways that have a closed primary, meaning that if you dare to register independent or … (07:46–07:52)

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