[jjotto]

I’ll just randomly point out that none of the guys on Mt. Rushmore won primaries, much less ones with the rules of a crude democracy.

[Red Badger]

I was mainly speaking of modern times since 1900. The idea of a ‘primary’ is essentially a modern invention.......................the first one was in 1910. Before that, the Party Bosses chose the candidates in smokey back room deals...............................