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minus-squarePsychedSy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoI’m not sure it matters yet. Are the parties even required to have primaries? What keeps them from just choosing at the convention?
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoNo. The people. Both parties used to have a much more closed process that didn’t announce a winner until their convention. The public primaries weren’t anything more than a preference poll. Voters punished them both for it so severely that they changed.
I’m not sure it matters yet. Are the parties even required to have primaries? What keeps them from just choosing at the convention?
No.
The people.
Both parties used to have a much more closed process that didn’t announce a winner until their convention. The public primaries weren’t anything more than a preference poll. Voters punished them both for it so severely that they changed.