In the political context, a partisan is a committed member of a political party, one who psychologically identifies with a particular political group or party. A partisan in a multi-party system connotes complete or overwhelming support for party policies, reluctant to bridge space with political opponents. The last few years have seen a rise in partisan polarization on Capitol Hill, the result of which is nasty gridlocks that hold hostage important political and legislative issues. Voting behav...

After numerous appeals by opponents since the system was first implemented in 2008, the Supreme Court has denied a hearing the Washington top-two open primary case, ensuring that Washington retains its change from a blanket primary to a ‘top-two’ open primary system. The ‘top-two’ system allows for multiple candidates from all political parties to compete in the primaries and then the top two vote-getters of the primaries compete with each other in the general election, regardless of political ...