Dump Trump? Second Last Chance?
By Prof Don DeBats The inept group that considers itself the “grown-up wing” of the Republican Party remains flummoxed, infuriated, and largely immobilized by Donald Trump, […]
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Super Tuesday - Part 2: Making Sense of Numbers
The Primaries. Super Tuesday: Part 2 Making Sense of Numbers by Don DeBats The votes that matter in choosing a presidential nominee are those cast by the […]
Super Tuesday: Suddenly Something Else Matters: NUMBERS
The Primaries. Super Tuesday: Part 1 Suddenly Something Else Matters: NUMBERS by Don DeBats The early primaries (New Hampshire and South Carolina) and caucuses (Iowa and […]
U.S. Election: The Primary Process (part II)
“I don’t care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.”
But the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary will choose only about two percent of the delegates to each national convention.
U.S. Election 2016: The Primary Process
“I don’t care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.”
So said “Boss” William Tweed, the iconic (and audacious and arrogant) boss of New York City’s infamous Democratic political machine in the late nineteenth century. He spoke too soon (or too truthfully) for the arrogance of Tweed and his ilk provoked reformers to take away the nominating power of political machines and political parties and give that power to the voters. That is what primary elections are about.