Primary Elections

Election Reform: The Necessity of Closed Primaries

The Supreme Court should have taken the case on the constitutionality of closed primaries — essential to the freedom of association and a system of…

Oct 22, 2025 • Rod D. Martin and Guest Author

Third Party Myths; or, Why You'd Be Nuts to Leave the GOP

Dividing efforts just keeps the RINOs, and Democrats, in power.

Jul 8, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

The Trump Solution

At some point, the former Republican establishment will need to learn the consequences of being defeated by Trump, of having been led well by him, and…

Mar 14, 2021 • Guest Author

Primaries and Third Parties

You couldn't get your people out in a low-turnout primary (usually under 30%), but now you're going to create a whole political party?

Feb 15, 2021 • Rod D. Martin

Should We Vote for Bad Republicans in the General Election?

The time for these fights is in the Primary. In which hardly anyone bothers to vote.

Feb 14, 2021 • Rod D. Martin

We Must Demand Closed Primaries

Each party should get to pick its own nominees, without interference from the other side.

Feb 14, 2021 • Rod D. Martin

General Election Voters Want a Choice, Not an Echo

Primaries are healthy. Only the elites benefit from squelching them.

Feb 13, 2021 • Rod D. Martin

People We Need to Primary, Yesterday

Because primaries are about picking the person who best represents us, not the Beltway elites.

Feb 13, 2021 • Rod D. Martin

If the Elections Are Rigged, What Can We Do?

America's version of China's Cultural Revolution is well underway. So what can we do about it?

Feb 12, 2021 • Rod D. Martin

The Case for Abolishing Minimum Wage Laws

Sadly, the actual minimum wage is zero, which is exactly what workers receive when they're artificially priced out of the job market.

Aug 2, 2019 • Guest Author

Two Huge Trump Wins: Tax Reform and a New National Security Doctrine

Analysts, historians and scholars will look back on this week as the moment the Trump administration became truly historic.

Dec 21, 2017 • Guest Author

How to Have (Almost) Fraud-Proof Elections

So simple and so time-tested that you have to wonder why anyone would oppose it.

Oct 22, 2016 • Rod D. Martin

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