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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

There are primaries for Dems? I thought Biden was automatically the candidate as current POTUS.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    There is still a primary, but the incumbent has only lost his party's nomination 4 times, only Democrat Franklin Pierce in 1856 was elected the other 3 ascended from Vice President. It has never happened since the modern primary system was created in the 1970s.

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