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If the candidates that are put up in the general aren't what people want, why did they win the primary?

• willis936 4y ago
  Because primaries are not democratic. Political parties are not democratic entities.
  • pasc1878 4y ago
    That depends they are. However the issue is that the party members are a small proportion of the general public. Thus a small group is enough to win the vote in the party, This tends in a two party system to make the winner more extreme and less likely to be liked by the general public. See Liz Truss as a good example here (as well as Trump)
    • willis936 4y ago
      No, I really mean US primary elections are not democratic elections. They have no requirement to be and they are not. https://ballotpedia.org/Superdelegates_and_the_2020_Democratic_National_Convention https://ballotpedia.org/Superdelegates_and_the_2020_Democrat...