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but the candidates are chosen in primaries by the bases of the party, how do they manipulate those results? I ask honestly, I'm not American, I don't know how they do it
They can manipulate the results with fake polls. This was the methodology used for a CNN poll in 2016. The only way they could show Bernie getting beat by Hillary was not polling the 18-49 age demographic. They lied to get the results they wanted .
During the primaries several states that Bernie won awarded more delegates to Hillary, so on paper she won the state. In West Virginia Bernie won every single county, Hillary came in third place, but was awarded the most delegates.