Why Primaries Reward The Most Extreme Candidates (w/ Nick Troiano)
From The Mona Charen Show by The Bulwark
March 9, 2026 · 42 min
About this episode
Mona Charen discusses the impact of the primary system on political polarization with Nick Troiano.
Mona Charen talks with Unite America’s Nick Troiano about the structural problem driving America’s political polarization: the primary system.
People in this episode
Host: Mona Charen
Guest: Nick Troiano
Topics covered
- political polarization
- primary system
- extreme candidates
Keywords
- politics
- elections
- candidates
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Places: America
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