‘Hoisted with their own petard’: California Dems’ open-primary scheme comes back to bite them

Democrat Katie Porter

Democrats in California installed a brutal open primary system some years ago in elections for governor. Everyone lines up in the primary and the top two vote-getters fight for the office in a runoff.

A report at Revolver News explains the Democrats intended to sideline the GOP entirely, as the leftists assumed they likely would have to top two candidates every time.

Talk about being an example of Shakepeare’s saying, “Hoisted with his own petard,” which comes...