Closed Primaries over Open Primaries Leads to Candidates Favoring Political Party Over America

In denying Hawaii Democrats and Montana Republicans challenges to open primaries as a violation of the constitutional right to freedom of association, leaving in place rulings by the 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld the states’ open primaries, The SCOTUS opted not to comment.

Former Republican Legislator, Matthew Monforton’s comments speak volumes: “Democrats, unions and establishment Montana Republicans to strangle conservative candidates during our primaries. They’re very good at manipulating Democratic voters to cross over in key legislative districts to vote for liberal Republicans rather than conservative Republicans,"

Hardcore partisans of both political parties favor closed primaries because they enable these partisans to set the agenda of candidates for the General election, who in many cases candidates advocating party over county, state, etc.