Hello from Washington, I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast.

So we are nearing Super Tuesday and this year that means we're basically getting near the end of the presidential

primary season thanks to front loading. Things can always change, but we more or less know the outcome

of the 2024 presidential primaries. Still millions of Republican voters won't have had a chance to

participate in a meaningful primary contest. Even by Super Tuesday their choices are down to two

at best. And the choices for Republicans have been limited even just essentially only

Iowans had a full menu of choices if you will because after that most Republicans dropped out. The

Democratic side allies incumbent President Biden have adjusted the

calendar in a way that made an insurgent challenge virtually impossible

and it is perfectly legal for them to actually

for the party to go to a state and just say we already have our nominee

even if somebody else is trying to file.

Dean Phillips for instance has been in court trying to get his name on the Florida ballot and a couple other places.

Because some states just allow the state party to do this.

They don't even have to hold a primary process in short

has been hijacked in a more meaningful way when you look up and down the ballot. Most

members of Congress face their biggest threat to re-election during a partisan

primary when the voters are less

representative of the overall population. So to help us understand how deeply

broken this process is and how it could be fixed, my guess today is Nick Trian. He's the founding executive director of Unite America.

He's the author of a new book called The Primary Solution,

Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes, and he likes to say the primary problem is the primary

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