Presidential Primary

Long campaigns cause candidates to prioritize fundraising, but shorter ones favor party-line voting.

California will now be using early voting, which means Democrats in the state will be able to participate in the presidential nomination process around the same time as Iowa caucus-goers.

Political parties at every level of government choose their nominees through primaries. That's the most important decision a party can make—and an organization's most important decisions should be made by members of that organization.

How candidates' bodies say more than their advertising buys ever will.

What states get when they decide to hold a primary instead of a caucus—and why it matters so much.