gop led state ace cross the country are working hard to pass voting measures. several states already have. won t these sorts of laws and the gop efforts to hold on to power blunt any momentum for a third party? the one state that s already adopted open primaries and rank choice voting is alaska, a deep red state. it turns out that americans of every political alignment think our system will work better if our lead verse to appeal to 351% of voters instead of just the 10% to 20% on either side. so this isn t a red or blue thing, this is a systemic thing, and that s why we all feel like we re being pitted against each other. that s what we have to change. we have to disen tangle the incentives so they line up with the interests of the american people. i have your book here called forward. i want to read a part about your experience running for president. you said, the people around me treated me as either celebrity