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Does the GOP Need to Fix its Primary System?

Here’s a question you may not have asked yourself: why does the Republican party hold primaries and caucuses at all? Is there a better system than the long, drawn out process of staggered elections which push and pull the political momentum towards different candidates at different points in the cycle? Wouldn’t it be easier to […]

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California votes to change primary election system

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Primary candidates brace for November election

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Voters are irrational rationalizers

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