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Junior Chimp
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« on: June 22, 2005, 10:11:48 AM » |
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We used to select candidates via a Congrssional Caucus. This ended in 1824 due to outrage over the exclusion of the "regular man" from them. This undid the Campaign of William Crawford, who was nominated by "King Caucus".
From 1824-1912 the Conventions simply chose the nominee. The first major primary battle was the GOP Primary of 1912. There TR won all bu 3 primaries, but Taft won at the Convetion. So primaries were not so strong.
In 1948 the first fight to win orimaries occured at the Oregon GOP Primary. Governors Stassen of Minnestota dn Dewey of New York debated each other on the Communists Party of the USA, and Dewey won Oregon by a narrow margin. That was the first major fight for a primary.
In 1952 Senator Estes Kefauver defeated President Truman in New Hampshire and the modern presidential primary began.
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