old but gold, still seems to hold true

  • Juergen@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    The fun part is that the primaries seem to be specifically designed to have the parties do that to themselves rather than to each other.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      8 months ago

      They were. The whole concept of primaries came about because progressives tried reforming the nomination process via laws. When one progressive Republican ran as a third party instead, it became obvious that the better reform standard was to fix the party nomination process.