Primary Elections Explained
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Primary elections are how political parties in the United States pick their strongestcandidate to run for president. The parties do this by holding mini-electionsin each of the states and the candidates with the most votes from these elections becomesthe parties’ official nominees; these nominees then face each other in the national electionfor president. But this isn’t the whole story. There arefive things that make it a bit more complicated than that…Complication #1: Primaries vs Caucuses In every state, the local party leaders decidehow to run their elections. The two most common choices are primaries and caucuses.Primaries are just like standard elections. Go to the polls whenever you can, stand ina long line, hide in a booth, then tick a box or press a butto...
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Primary elections are how political parties in the United States pick their strongestcandidate to run for president. The parties do this by holding mini-electionsin each of the states and the candidates with the most votes from these elections becomesthe parties’ official nominees; these nominees then face each other in the national electionfor president. But this isn’t the whole story. There arefive things that make it a bit more complicated than that…Complication #1: Primaries vs Caucuses In every state, the local party leaders decidehow to run their elections. The two most common choices are primaries and caucuses.Primaries are just like standard elections. Go to the polls whenever you can, stand ina long line, hide in a booth, then tick a box or press a butto...
