I thought it was the voters who decide the nominee of their party. In fact, I'm sure of it.
But that doesn’t feel good!
Au contraire....ONLY when the voters choose the candidates, receive accurate and equal coverage in the media, are not presented with ONLY the candidate who is best-funded by the Party and those who CONTROL the Party with their contributions of massive amounts of cash to buy the PR necessary to buy the votes...THEN, the "voters get to decide, I'm sure of it".
If the Party has their candidate of choice and pour the cash into their promotion, then you get whatever THEY decide you have a choice to vote for. You don't pick Joe Six-Pack down the street and expect that he can effectively get his message out and gain media support (look at Duncan Hunter and how he was treated).