Invisible Primary Process Has More Advantages Than Disadvantages

Question 1

Weaker, more advantages, allows visibility and support for candidates

Answer 1

• can build a platform
• positive correlation between winning invisible primary and winning nomination
• Kamala’s loss arguably due to the fact she did not part take in primaries due to late entry into race

Question 2

More disadvantages in primaries, lack of serious debate

Answer 2

• debates reduced to sound bites
• New Hampshire usually secures nomination but have been won by candidates who have lost in the past 3 elections after Clinton lost it to sanders in 2016
• 2020 30 democ candidates in debate split over 2 nights
• most recent elections have not been won by candidate who wins most primaries, only predict winner sometimes, Obama, Romney, McCain
• primaries winner isn’t binding, party can elect candidate who has not won primary, Obama and Kamala 2024

Question 3

Invisible primary process more advantages as it represents a broad range of candidates

Answer 3

• broad ideological representation, gives voters choice which is democratic
• democrats that have stood, all different ideologies
• Biden, bloomberg, buttigieg all conservative ideology
• Harris, sanders, warren progressive
• republicans 2016-24
• social/fiscal Con, Cruz, rubio, trump
• moderate, Christie

Question 4

More disadvantage, candidates dependent on fundraising, more important than policy goals

Answer 4

• creating war chest
• pacs and super pacs Biden raise 31mil and trump 35 mil in run up to 2024 election
• Trump 2023 used head shots from his legal case on merch to fundraiser for campaign
• correlation between most funds and winner of presidency, pre Kamala joining race in June, trump was leading Biden in finances

Question 5

More advantages, scrutiny from media

Answer 5

• 2011 Rick Perry couldn’t remember the names of the 3 gov dept he said he would get rid of if he was elected
• led to him receiving less then 1% of the NH primary
• Biden campaign, polls stating he was too old, eventually led to him stepping down

Question 6

More disadvantages, voter apathy with never ending cycle of elections

Answer 6

• primaries exacerbates this further
• mid terms, house every 2, president every 4 and senate every 6
• ## ads and debates constant feature rather than just in a presidential year