The Democratic Presidential Primary Needs the Democratic Party

Trump’s win taught us that weaker parties can allow demagogues into office

Brendan Nyhan
GEN
Published in
5 min readMar 28, 2019

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For anyone concerned about democratic norms and the rule of law, the 2016 election offered a clear lesson: Parties need to exercise more control over candidate selection. In this era of high partisanship, the official party nomination…

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Brendan Nyhan
GEN
Writer for

Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan