Primaries Pros And Cons

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Aside from the media, the internal issue with our election is the two party system, corruption, and the gerrymandering. This issue affected both the Republican side and the Democrat’s side of things for this election, however the Republicans are not immune to these issues. Hillary and Bernie has had a historic clash in the primaries that will go down in the history books. This run for to the nominee of the Democratic party ended in a way that angered half the party. As I observed the primaries through my own eyes, there was a lot of turmoil going on and it wasn’t the republican side. The Primaries is a game of who can get the most delegates and super delegates. People voted and in most the states it was close between Sanders and Clinton. What

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