Ahead Quote by Rudy Giuliani

We read primary results to assure ourselves that this candidate has won this state's primary and can win the state in the general election.…

— Steve Kornacki

What does seem to matter for winning a primary is when candidates get into the race compared with their competitors.

— Harry Enten

“ballot you go, the more volatile the polls tend to be: polls of House races are less accurate than polls of Senate races, which…

— Nate Silver

We've got to be willing to lose the primary in order to win the general election.

— Jeb Bush

It is those same so-called experts who said we had no chance of winning the primary. It will be hard work, but we can…

— Christine O'Donnell

Winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification or a sign of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win…

— Mark Penn

You never know. It started with me in Louisiana when I won Louisiana and I got fewer delegates than Ted Cruz. I win a…

— Donald Trump

We have got to lose the primary in order to win the general.

— Sean Hannity

The point is that you see candidates running in these different kinds of contests. A primary shows you something that's different from a state…

— Michael Beschloss

You don't feel you have the same voice in a presidential election if you live in a solid blue or a solid red state.…

— Frank Bruni

I recognize primaries are difficult things. We had a field of outstanding candidates. And primaries get a little bit rough. And it takes some…

— Mike Pence

If you look at why do we end up with the nominees that we get often? It's because you have only a very small…

— Frank Bruni