
Inside the debate over Florida's closed primaries

Fox - 35 Orlando
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1 Video View·Aug 18, 2026
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AI GeneratedJohn Opdycke, president of Open Primaries, discusses the impact of Florida's closed primary system on the state's four million unaffiliated voters. He argues that excluding independents lowers voter turnout, encourages strategic party registration, and fuels political polarization by incentivizing candidates to use \"dog whistle\" tactics to appeal only to partisan bases.
