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Instead of Boosting Democracy, Primary Elections Are Undermining It
Why our politics are growing ever more extreme — and democracy itself is under siege.
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Lawrence R. Jacobs
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Made By History
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April 27, 2022
A Brief History of the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party, and the US political system as a whole, is a very strange beast.
by
Doug Henwood
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Adam Hilton
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Jacobin
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August 6, 2024
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How Democrats Gave Away Their Ability to Pick a New Nominee
Until the late 1960s, the Democratic Party could have simply anointed a replacement for President Biden. Now it's not so easy.
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Lawrence R. Jacobs
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Made By History
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July 22, 2024
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Republicans Didn’t Always Run Far to the Right in Presidential Primaries
The 1988 presidential primary showed it wasn't always like this — and helped guide the GOP to where it is now.
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Robert L. Fleegler
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Made By History
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June 8, 2023
Jesse Jackson’s Political Revolution
Before Bernie Bros vs. the DNC, there was Jesse Jackson vs. the Atari Democrats.
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Lily Geismer
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Jacobin
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February 19, 2020
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A Century of Reforms Made Iowa and New Hampshire Presidential Kingmakers
But did they backfire?
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Bruce J. Schulman
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Made By History
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February 3, 2020
How Did the Presidential Campaign Get to Be So Long?
U.S. presidential elections didn't drag on so long before the late sixties.
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Rachel Caufield
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The Conversation
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July 30, 2019
How Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Won the 1964 New Hampshire Primary Without Lifting a Finger
Lodge's victory in the 1964 New Hampshire primary is a fascinating testament to the power of whim in American elections.
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Seth Gannon
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Slate
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February 8, 2016
When a Trailblazing Suffragist and a Crusading Prosecutor Teamed Up to Expose an Election Conspiracy
In 1916, an unlikely duo exposed political corruption in Indiana, setting a new precedent for fair voting across the country.
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Sasha Issenberg
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Smithsonian
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September 5, 2024
What History Tells Us Might Happen to the Republican Party
The signs that precede the crumbling of American political parties and the creation of new ones.
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky
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The Bulwark
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July 31, 2024
When Yuppies Ruled
Defining a social type is a way of defining an era. What can the time of the young urban professional tell us about our own?
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Louis Menand
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The New Yorker
on
July 22, 2024
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Losing Primary Candidates Still Influence the Race
What Shirley Chisholm can teach 2020 candidates as they exit.
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Anastasia Curwood
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Made By History
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March 3, 2020
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How George H.W. Bush Enabled the Rise of the Religious Right
Religious conservatives used the Bush presidency to launch their takeover of the GOP.
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Neil J. Young
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Made By History
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December 5, 2018
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