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Let me run a little thought experiment by you.

Alright, we're really on by.

Alright, this one comes from Bruce Steinbringer.

I'm Bruce Steinbringer. I'm Professor of Political Science at DePaul University.

He told me to imagine that it's the first game in the World Series.

And there's going to be, let's assume it's going to be the Yankees,

which is often the case with respect to the American League.

Let's assume they're going to be playing the Dodgers.

So it's an old Yankees Dodgers World Series.

Ah, the old Yankees Dodgers World Series.

I don't think the Yankees organization, the New York Yankees,

are going to hold a vote among all the Yankees fans in the country

to decide who's going to be the starting pitcher for the first game.

And they chose Nick. They chose you.

Now to be ludicrous.

And yet that is the analogy of what gets done

in the presidential selection nomination process.

I'm Nick Kepadiche, the worst pitcher in the world.

I'm Hannah McCarthy and I'm slightly better at it.

And today on Civics 101, in our presidential election series,

we're talking about primaries and caucuses,

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