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Candidates can lose on first ballot and still win nomination? (Abraham Lincoln did!)
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How are delegates selected? (sometimes there's no public vote at all!)
If people don't vote, is it democracy? (no; the primaries are an oligarchy)
Wait, the Virgin Islands gets to vote? (yup, plus all 'U.S. Insular Territories')
What are "winner-take-all" primaries? (it means 'less democracy')
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What is a Brokered Convention?
What happens if Mitt Romney doesn't earn half the delegates in the primaries?
Open vs. Closed primaries:
How come in some states Democrats can vote in the Republican primary?
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Why are some states' delegates all awarded to one candidate?
What are primaries vs. caucuses?
Why do so many fewer people vote in caucuses?
Primary schedule for 2012
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