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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (20 children)

When the right wing voters didn't like what their elected leader were doing, they primaried them with more ideologically pure leaders.

Left wing voters just bitch and moan but take no action proving that some of the qualities the right claims of the left, like being lazy and entitled are true.

[–] Maggoty 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] Nalivai -1 points 1 day ago

Primaries are internal party elections that determine what candidate a party will support for presidency. In US generally speaking the Democratic Party primaries are open or semi-open, so every voter can participate.
For example, in lasr Dem primaries approximately 10 million people vited for Bernie Sanders, 2 for Elisabeth Warren, and 20 for Biden, which amounts to less than 20% of registered voters.

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