• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I’m concerned that the only other option in American politics besides trump just wiped out an entire states primary for something the state party can’t control…

    If you’re not upset about what that means, I don’t know what else to say that wasn’t in my first comment.

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      10 months ago

      I know you’re probably too young to know this, but you just described the American electoral process. This is how the incumbent advantage works. The overwhelming majority of the time, a party will not primary the incumbent candidate because it would be incredibly stupid.

      Stop talking about it as if it’s in any way notable.

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        10 months ago

        I’ll ignore the insults because I genuinely want to know and no one I ask ever responds again.

        When was the last time a national party removed all primary delegates from a state for something the state party had zero control over?

        For bonus points:

        Was that a state where the party favorite came in last and the most progressive candidate won the last two primaries?