Biden’s Withdrawal Hands Power to Party Bosses From Primary Voters, Reversing Decades of Democratization 

After this, why vote, campaign, or donate money to a primary candidate if your choice might just be cast aside?

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Vice President Harris embraces President Biden after a speech on healthcare at Raleigh, North Carolina, March. 26, 2024. AP/Matt Kelley, file

By dropping his reelection bid, President Biden is reversing more than a century of democratizing the choice of presidential nominees via primaries. That power now shifts back to party bosses from the people, as insiders can swap out any candidate who’s losing and call in a ringer.

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