primaries

1. State elections of delegates to the nominating convention that chooses a major party's presidential candidate. In some states, delegates are elected by popular vote; in other states, party caucus es or miniconventions choose delegates.

Primaries occur at different times during the presidential election year, a situation that drags out the process by which parties nominate candidates but allows wide public exposure to candidates and issues.

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These state-level primaries wouldn’t take place in time to change Indiana’s maps.

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Early frontrunner status in Democratic primaries has proven historically unreliable, as previous early leaders ultimately failed to secure the nomination, indicating that current polling and momentum may not predict eventual success.

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Those older members who refuse to step down have already drawn primaries from younger aspirants.

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One problem will come if his victory inspires more leftist candidates to challenge incumbent Democrats in primaries.

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He also said that how politicians treated Mamdani would be important as he considers who to vote for in future Democratic primaries.

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