Director of publications Lenny Ben-David of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs told Arutz Sheva, Tuesday, that the American primary election system is a failure. He explained that primaries take the selection process takes candidate selection out of the hands of party executives.
A former diplomat at the Israeli embassy in Washington, Ben-David said, "It was supposed to produce the best candidate and it did not happen." He said there were better candidates in both major parties.