f{"id":25317,"date":"2023-02-26T11:58:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T19:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=25317"},"modified":"2023-02-26T11:58:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T19:58:20","slug":"do-primaries-really-make-presidential-elections-more-democratic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/26\/do-primaries-really-make-presidential-elections-more-democratic\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Primaries Really Make Presidential Elections More Democratic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Do Primaries Really Make Presidential Elections More Democratic?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/151880962?h=1d2f3cc567&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/151880962\">Do Primaries Really Make Presidential Elections More Democratic?<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/zocalopublicsquare\">Z\u00f3calo Public Square<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001EeeUww8b9WLrQ0aCLMffSqvMDuS0b84nw-YgDG_UDTpasalyQXjb_vOJDoWLNTA79ayJj7pwvSN62eAPN_lVA1s0bFHNzSVXi1zsAssh3atkWVN99H6JMIofq_u4yyxB6zOWPoMXlJTl1mft4h3ocQ==&amp;c=5BU67z2jLq96rtxsWqBsYFb7Pq_NQXPH19c-kTFzs2mQl3mQG0jRug==&amp;ch=iPD6j1hgUzxVU563EwztzfL5jLsjK5ST03r-iL5gNo37vgJuRnbqFg==\"><\/a><\/td><td>In 1912, former president Teddy Roosevelt came out of retirement to seek the Republican nomination, and demanded that party bosses refrain from picking a candidate and instead hold the very first presidential primary elections. \u201cLet the people rule,\u201d he thundered. 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