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How The Primary System Has Shaped Our Politics

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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The New Democratic Party

In the 1970s, a candidate selection process this open to public input was unheard of. Despite McGovern's stinging loss in 1972, Democrats did not turn back from their reforms. Even more states ditched caucuses in favor of primaries after 1972. At stake is how the two parties find the two people who will vie to lead the free world.

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