Author: Helena Minsky

You’re sat down with your best friends, watching them go about their day, listening to their opinions and hot takes. But they’re not really sitting with you, they’re behind a screen, trapped in a magazine, or a podcast studio thousands of miles away.

What are the Primaries? Every election year, the US political parties select their presidential candidates, by holding primaries and caucuses. This is done by voters choosing who their preferred candidate is, either by ballot or dividing into groups at meetings. Who can vote varies by state, but often requires membership to the party. These votes impact how many delegates a candidate gets, which is done proportionally or through a winner takes all system. In order to win the party’s nomination, the candidate must win a majority of delegates. The parties then confirm their candidate at their respective party conventions. For…