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#75 Tom Joseph: The Real Gatekeepers Of American Primary Elections
I sit down with Tom Joseph, founder of America's Main Street Party, to talk about something we don't cover much at Going Direct: politics.
The problem with American primary elections is that money has become the middleman between citizens and their representatives. Political parties pick who gets on the primary ballot well before citizens ever show up on election day.
Tom's answer to fixing this is an American-Idol style contest for congressional primary elections. Anyone can get in with 100 endorsements and the entire process is facilitated entirely through an app. It’s a very interesting…
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