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  Poll indicates voters liked "top two" primary
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Last EditedRalphie  Aug 28, 2008 04:30pm
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News DateThursday, August 28, 2008 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionA poll conducted by independent pollster Stuart Elway for the Secretary of State’s Office indicates voters greatly prefer the "top two" primary system to the pick-a-party primary used prior to this year.

The poll was conducted Friday through Sunday of 500 registered voters who voted in both the 2006 and 2008 primaries. Of those, 67 percent said they did not like the pick-a-party primary and 76 percent said they liked the top two.

Asked which of the two they prefer, the top two primary outpolled the pick-a-party primary 71 percent to 20 percent. The rest indicated neither or that they didn’t know.
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