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Has it occurred to you that is a bad thing? Because a open primary means that a party can rat **** the other party's primary.Republicans for example could vote for Sanders because they think he won't stand a chance in the general and democrats could vote for Trump because they think Clinton will curb stomp him in the general. Or republicans can rat **** the democrat primary by voting for the most conservative democrat possible so that in case they lose the general a die hard left wing loon doesn't get elected and democrats could vote for the most liberal Republican so that if they lose the general then they still get a liberal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_primaries_in_the_United_States#Manipulation_and_dilution
No, it's a good thing. The effect of vote manipulation in that way are non-existent.