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How The Primary System Has Shaped Our Politics

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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The New Nominating Rules

The new nominating rules had a few immediate effects. They let many more people into the process. But perhaps most importantly, they did away with party leaders' ability to negotiate and compromise over who should lead the party. The old-fashioned caucus convention mode becomes almost obsolete by 1976.

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