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  ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon ODD BEDFELLOWS: Both major parties, labor groups with significant political muscle, and groups that want to push state government to the left have all signaled opposition to a ballot question that would scrap the existing Democratic and Republican primary election system, replacing them with a single contest featuring candidates from all parties. Chris Lisinski breaks down the politics.  excerpt:  “Hating jungle primaries,” as all-party primary structures are sometimes dubbed, “ is maybe the most bipartisan issue in America,” said Jordan Berg Powers, the chair of the campaign committee urging voters to say “No on 3.” Political insiders have been skeptical about the proposal since it emerged last year, and the opposition campaign formally launched earlier this month. Early members include the Massachusetts Democratic Party, whose governing body voted in April to oppose the question , groups that lean further to the left like P...