Why did 1984 Democratic primaries become essentially two-way race?
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« on: February 03, 2011, 09:44:20 AM »
1984 Democratic primaries were essentially a two-way race between Mondale and Hart, with just Jesse Jackson winning two states and D.C.

Why several well-known candidates, such as Glenn (even if it was explored in another thread), McGovern, Cranston, Hollings or Askew, fared so poorly?
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2011, 02:17:21 PM »
Apart from Mondale and Hart. It was a hella weak bench. About as weak as 2004.
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 04:51:34 PM »
Mondale had the machine behind him and 100% name recognition and in that kind of situation it's always going to quickly boil down to two guys - the favorite and anybody-but-the-favorite.

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