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USstudent244 |
10/22/03 |
Hello Mr. Haddock,
Thank you for explaining the definition of “legislative caucus” and “nominating convention.” I have been doing reading on it and discovered that the legislative caucus membership was limited to party members, which lead to the claim that the caucus was unrepresentative and undemocratic.
Then, to my understanding came the “presidential nomination convention” which was also criticized that it endured basically the same problem of the old caucus mentioned above. The claim here is that “party bosses ran the conventions without regard either for views of the delegates or for the rules of fair play.”
Out came the Direct Primary established after the presidential nominating process to eliminate the construction of the “boss and machine” and other corruptions that were asserted in the previous processes.
Okay, so now I understand the definition and disadvantages that were in the legislative caucus and the presidential nominating process. So my question(s) to you Mr. Haddock is, what were the advantages of the new direct primary nomination system? Were there any disadvantages? And finally, what nomination process do we use today? (because my book does not specify)
I apologize for asking three questions at a time.
Thank you,
Carl
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