Wednesday, 11 May 2016

The 1960 West Virginia primary: Can it happen again? (Elaine Kamarck, Brookings)

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton smiles as she listens to her introduction at a campaign event in Athens, West Virginia, United States, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young

In 2016, both Democratic presidential candidates go into the West Virginia primary hoping that that it will do for them what it did for then-Senator John F. Kennedy 56 years ago. Since then, the 1960 West Virginia primary has assumed mythic proportions in the annals of American politics. But in 2016 it is a reminder of a nomination system that has all but ceased to exist.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2016/05/10-west-virginia-primary-history-kamarck

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