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How The Primary System Has Shaped Our Politics

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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Reagan and the Republican Party's Control of the Nominating Process

Caitlyn Jewett, political science professor at Virginia Tech: The party also made it harder for lesser known candidates to win delegates. By the 80s Carter's strategy of winning early in Iowa wasn't a secret. It had more to do with the parties simply understanding how the new system worked.

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