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EdmondDantes_

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6. Those are two different things

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Fri May 29, 2026, 01:43 PM

21 hrs ago

That potential in California is because of the jungle primary where the top two candidates from the primary go to the general election. What the OP is calling for is open primaries where anyone could vote in the Democratic primary not just registered Democrats or in a partially closed primary just Democrats or unaffiliated voters.

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