Chapter 1
Smoke-filled rooms to ballot boxes
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Chapter 2
Primaries versus caucuses
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Chapter 3
The math of delegates
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Chapter 4
Calendar chaos and the race to the finish
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YOUR GOAL
Master of The primary election system in US democracy
Ch 1 · Smoke-filled rooms to ballot boxes
diegoae1 Regular citizens replaced smoky backrooms with public voting booths to choose their candidates.
diego Violent protests and backroom deals at the 1968 Democratic National Convention triggered a total overhaul of the nominating system.
Fun Fact
Humphrey primary bypass: Hubert Humphrey won the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination without running in a single state primary election.
diego Progressive Era reformers successfully introduced the direct primary to wrest control from corrupt political bosses.
Glossary
primary election (noun)
A preliminary election in which voters select a political party's candidates for a general election. Florida enacted the first statewide presidential primary law in 1901, bypassing backroom party boss nominations.
A preliminary election in which voters select a political party's candidates for a general election. Florida enacted the first statewide presidential primary law in 1901, bypassing backroom party boss nominations.
Quiz
Which political party held the first national nominating convention in Baltimore in 1831?
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Before modern primaries, how did political bosses traditionally coordinate candidate selections?
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Whose underdog 1976 campaign proved that early campaigning in Iowa could lead to the presidency?
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Which candidate won the 1968 Democratic nomination without entering any state primaries?