“To retain power you have to win primaries,” he said. “Until we change how we elect, there will be no long-term thinking.”
Mr. Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, lamented the shortcomings of primaries after Nate Silver, founder of the FiveThirtyEight political statistics website, said on social media that 30% of the problem with politics is that elected leaders have “much-too-short time horizons.”
The “Shark Tank” star was giving voice to the widespread notion that the primary system is broken and has pulled elected leaders further and further to the left or right in their respective nomination races. For his part, Mr. Cuban has flirted with entering the political ring in years past but has taken a pass, saying party primaries breed divisiveness.
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