Democrats named Biden, Sanders and Warren as their top picks 18 months ago. What did the primaries change?
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Peter K. Enns
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3/16/2020
Research by Peter K. Enns , professor of government, and colleagues reveals some flaws in the primary system, Enns writes in this Washington Post opinion piece .
“Former vice president Joe Biden is now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president — after a primary involving months of campaigning, 28 Democratic candidates and over $1 billion in ads," he writes. "Did any of that affect the result? Not much, our research suggests — but they weren’t meaningless.”
Read the story in the Washington Post .
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