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There Has To Be A Better Way To Pick Presidential Nominees ... Right?

2023/1/12
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The episode explores the origins of the U.S. presidential primary system, highlighting how it was not initially designed by the founders and how parties have evolved their own processes over time.

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As we head into the new year and our attention begins to turn to the presidential primaries, we decided to reair our audio documentary series, “The Primaries Project.” It originally aired at the beginning of 2020 and across three episodes we looked at how our presidential primary system came to be, its consequences and how it could be different. This is the final episode.

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