Season 1

Primaries pulls back the curtain to reveal the intricate steps to the main stage of the 2016 Presidential election. Six half hour episodes provide on-the-ground coverage of the caucuses and primary elections. The cycle unfolds in vérité footage of candidates, supporters and in-depth interviews with campaign staffers, party advisors and political journalists. Over the course of a year, a field of seventeen Republican candidates narrows to one, and the Democrats find themselves in a close and controversial race for the nomination. Candidates campaign across the country, working to build their bases through retail politics and rallies, while struggling against scandals, mudslinging, and party infighting. Primaries takes the audience from the grounds of the Iowa State Fair to the Iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primaries, Super Tuesday, and on to the national convention stages. The series reveals the turning points of an unprecedented primary cycle that causes deep divides for both political parties. In a year of political outsiders, Primaries reveals the inside perspective of an election year that will go down in history.