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What is a Primary and a Caucus?
Episode 3213th February 2024 • America: A History • Liam Heffernan
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America may be gearing up for Trump versus Biden already, but it remains in the middle of a nomination campaign... if only as a formality. So in this episode we speak with Dr. Emma Long to understand exactly how the nominations work, and what the heck a primary and caucus even is.

Guest this week:

Dr. Emma Long, Associate Professor of American History and Politics and Head of the Department of American Studies at the University of East Anglia

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