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This 3 page paper examines the 2008 primary elections. The paper examines the Democrat and Republican races and provides theories as to what might have been different if the rules were not as limiting. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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some time, Obama ended up victorious. It was a very close race and while it may be true that institutional rules played a part in the outcome, the Democrat race
appears to be more fairly played out than the Republican journey. This is because although some Democrats were squeezed out at the beginning due to the rules, there was a
long time struggle between two candidates. The people like both Clinton and Obama and in the end, one of them won fairly. This seems to be the case on
the surface, but it should be said that there have been some local campaigns where it is thought that Republican voters entered the fray in order to alter the odds.
In March of 2008, Rush Limbaugh urged his Republican listeners to vote for Hillary in the next primaries ("Rush Limbaugh explains," 2008). The idea is that there is a belief
that Hillary would lose against McCain so it makes sense to try to get her in. It would be more difficult to win against Obama. The point is that the
Democrat primary rules allow Republicans to vote for Democrats in certain states. Rules vary by state. Some demand that voters register a full 30 days with the party of their
choice before pulling the lever. One can see that if Limbaughs strategy was carried out to success, the general election might have been altered. Still, it seems as if the
Democrat race was rather fair. However, the allowance of an open vote does sometimes work against the partys favor. When it comes to the Republican race, it seems as if
the least popular candidate of all won. How could that have happened? The typical Republican was not pulling for McCain and in fact it was often claimed that he would
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