2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: EXPOSED: Leaked Emails Show DNC Colluded with Media to Push Clinton Nomination [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)candidates who step up that it can and to keep the door open for them, but the purpose of political parties is to elect as many of their people to office as possible. That doesn't allow sabotaging their best chances to bring up weaker candidates. Political parties are part of the democratic process of a party system, but they are not democracy.
It is the candidates' job to make themselves winners the party can support, not the party's. By the time the "primary season" starts, the competition has actually already been on for a long time and some have already pulled out ahead, in Hillary's case waaay out ahead because she worked so long and hard and smart to make that happen, and others are already behind. This helps the party identify who have the best chances for election.