• Krono
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    7 months ago

    I agree primaries are a great way to influence candidates.

    That’s probably why the Democratic party effectively cancelled them this year.

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      7 months ago

      Can you explain how the Democratic party “effectively cancelled” primaries this year? I guess I’m wondering what I voted on back in March if it wasn’t the Democratic primary ballot

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      7 months ago

      Really? They cancelled local primaries? That’s news to me.

      Or do you just mean that they didn’t have a significant primary for a sitting party candidate for President, just like pretty much every candidate in history in that same position for any party?

      I too would have liked a serious primary for this year, but that would have been a significant exception, not the rule.

      The only way it really would have happened is if Biden decided not to run at all.