How Wisconsin’s ‘sore loser’ law protects the two-party system

How Wisconsin’s ‘sore loser’ law protects the two-party system

In Wisconsin and across most of the country, laws prevent candidates who lose in a primary from running in the general election. That gives the major parties a lot of control over who appears on the ballot. By Annie Pulley, THE BADGER PROJECT In this era of hyperpartisanship, our two main political parties agree on at least one thing: independent candidates are bad (for them). Their self-interest has led to states across the country passing laws…