Nonpartisan elections don’t reduce polarization

One big story coming out of 2020 has been the <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/alaska-voters-approve-two-major-election-reforms.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">fusion</a> of two movements: one for multiparty government, another for less of a gap between the major parties (polarization). The former promotes ballot reforms to ease third-party voting. The latter aims to get rid of partisan nominations. Its signature reform is the nonpartisan two-round electoral system, or NPTRS. Recent adoptions include Alaska, where NPTRS combines with instant-runoff voting, and St. Louis, where NPTRS comes with approval balloting. NPTRS itself has longer history. Does it reduce polarization, as proponents <a href="https://thefulcrum.us/voting/katherine-gehl" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">claim</a> it will? <a href="https://medium.com/3streams/nonpartisan-elections-dont-reduce-polarization-3e9846cdeb2a">Read More</a>