OPINION

All you really need to know about primaries

News, Robert W Fitts, Published on 10/01/2012

» The US presidential primaries form a lengthy contest to determine the presidential candidates for the Democratic and Republican parties. The events stretch a full six months from Jan 3 in Iowa to June 26 in Utah. Though the news media will do their best to portray the primaries as a multi-faceted horse race worthy of close attention, the results are almost certain.