His record of increased "fees" in the state and problems with the economy also became fodder for the primaries and general election.
Election laws require candidates to maintain separate fund-raising accounts for the primaries and the general election.
With a dramatic victory in Ohio, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney graduated from the primaries to the general election.
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Good question, but expect the pundits to begin advising Romney to soften his policy positions as he pivots from the primaries to the general election.
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In both the primaries and the general election campaign against Gore, Bush had to overcome criticism of his record in Texas, questions about a reckless youth and criticism of his record in Texas.
David Cameron's party is also trying to get members involved in policy formation - a process that had effectively died out - and it has pioneered the use of "open primaries" to select Tory election candidates.
They therefore competed mainly in the primaries, as opposed to the general election, against rivals in their own party.
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And because Mr Miller is registered as a write-in candidate his protected status will last beyond Missouri's primaries in August, until the November election in what will be one of the most closely-watched races of the year.
Gerrymandered districts mean that most congressmen fear their partisans in the primaries more than their opponents in the general election.
"Some donors are concerned about primaries where many are concerned exclusively about the general election, " Collegio said.
The only drawback is that general-election money cannot be used in the primaries.
Most Americans do not pay sufficient attention to the fact that our votes count more in the regional primaries beginning in January than in the November general election.
But this year, young voters made up their minds early on, and the astronomical levels of support for Obama made a big difference in the primaries and make a big difference in the general election.
His image is perfectly suited to the suburbs, something that has been a problem in the primaries but will be a bonus in the general election when he has to compete in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The so-called "burn rate" is particularly important in this election because so many states have moved their primaries to earlier calendar dates.
But the law predates this crazy schedule and it literally applies the limit to primaries occurring in the same calendar year as the general election.
Dole is figuring that the folks who were booing were the ones who would vote for Pat Buchanan or Dan Quayle anyway, and so she's bucking the time-honored tradition of running to the right in the primaries and lurching back to the center in the general election.
But in some polls, barely half of those who voted for Mrs Clinton in the primaries say they will vote for Mr Obama in the general election.
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The only plausible candidate in the field now is Mitt Romney, and Obama probably also realizes that Romney has tilted to the right in order to stand any sort of chance in the primaries, which will inevitably hurt his mainstream appeal come the general election.
Back in January of this year, at the New Hampshire primaries in Manchester, Ron Paul told supporters and the media that this election would be more about policy than any other.
And the sad news is that I'm hoping that after the general election that he will - because what people advocate during the primaries is not necessarily what they will advocate after the conventions are over.
"These poll findings, coming on the heels of a spirited Obama-Clinton nomination fight that led to rises in the Latino share of the vote in many Democratic primaries, suggest the Hispanic community is politically energized heading into the fall election campaign, " Lopez said.
They won primaries against candidates who experts thought had a better chance of capturing the general election.
If Mr Romney becomes the Republican nominee his wealth, and the way he earned it, could damage him in the general election, just as it has in his own party's primaries.
Dole had run in the 1980 Presidential primaries, but was trounced by Ronald Reagan, whose win in the general election helped the Republicans take over the Senate, after twenty-six years of Democratic control.
The survey also shows more than three quarters of Latinos who said they voted for Clinton in the primaries, now indicate they are likely to vote for Obama in the general election.
It was part of a tried-and-true Nixonian strategy: Run to the extreme right in the primaries, then run as fast as you can to the middle in the general election.
Moreover, the doctor is being rewarded in the primaries for a position that looks, at the moment, a liability in the general election.
For all the recent talk (not least in this column) about the damage the Republicans are inflicting on themselves in their primaries, both polls had Mr Obama and Mitt Romney just about level for November's election, with Mr Santorum's chances against Mr Obama only a few points behind Mr Romney's.
In endorsing Obama, Clyburn dismissed Clinton's argument that she would be a better candidate in the general election in key battleground states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, which she carried during the primaries.
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