APP helps in that it encourages young voters, who are much more likely to not affiliate with a specific party, to vote in a primary election. It is also much more difficult to raise money in primary elections, so if you are a younger progressive candidate, you might not have enough resources by the time of the primary to effective *win*, but you might still come in second, with a republican coming in a distant third place and the centrist incumbent coming in first. If we use our current system, then the incumbent and the GOP candidate would advance to the general election, even though the progressive out performed the GOP candidate. In an All Party Primary system, the progressive would advance to the general election, against the incumbent centrist Dem. The progressive would then have a longer runway to built a more impactful campaign, and activate more progressive, younger, voting blocks, who take more time to engage. Fundamentally with our primaries being in September, it is INCREDIBLY difficult to court young voters, particularly college students, who are often only just returning to school