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arrow-up1604arrow-down1external-linkTrump blocked from Maine presidential ballot in 2024www.bbc.co.uk@[email protected]cake to politics @lemmy.world • 6 months agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@PsychedSylink2•6 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months 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.