Some people plan to sit out the primary election and just vote in the general election in November.
In the primary election, you will be voting for delegates to the national convention. These delegates will select the candidate who will be on the ballot in November. In the general election you will be voting for electors to the Electoral College. These will actually elect the president.
Tennessee has 11 electors to the Electoral College. It is winner take all. The last time that Tennessee voted for a Democrat in the presidential election was in 1996, and the state has become redder every year since.
My point is that if you are a Democrat in Tennessee, your vote in November is less important than the vote in March. The presidential election will be decided in the swing states Arizona, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska’s second congressional district, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The decision for Democrats is who has the best chance to win in those areas of the country. This decision will be made in the primaries.