caucuses
Political planning assemblies
Caucuses is the plural of caucus, a meeting where members of a political party gather to select candidates or decide policy.
In American politics, some states hold caucuses rather than primaries to choose presidential nominees: The Iowa caucuses traditionally kick off the election season.
As a verb, to caucus is to meet in such a group: Progressive members caucused to coordinate their strategy.
Intraparty nomination contests
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- superdelegatesUnpledged convention voters
- nominationFormal candidate selection
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
precincts · pledged · unpledged · proportional · frontrunner · endorsements · turnout · nominee
Exchange of ideas
- debateFormal argument on issues
- deliberativeCharacterized by careful consideration
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
discourse · argumentation · exchange · weighing · floor debate · motion · resolution · procedure
Temporary alliance for action
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- allianceFormal union of parties
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
consensus-building · bargaining · whip · power-play · influence · bloc · horse-trading · arm-twisting
Collection of people meeting
- conveneFormally gather together
- meetingGathering for discussion
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- forumGathering place for discourse
roundtable · closed-door · smoke-filled room · legislative · bloc · faction · working group · steering committee
Gathering for celebration
- factionGroup within group
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- RepublicanGOP party member
- DemocratBlue party supporter
progressive · conservative · bipartisan · partisanship · grassroots · rank-and-file · establishment · insurgent
primaries
Intraparty nomination contests
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- superdelegatesUnpledged convention voters
- nominationFormal candidate selection
convention · precincts · pledged · unpledged · proportional · frontrunner · endorsements · turnout · nominee · runoff
discussion
Exchange of ideas
- debateFormal argument on issues
- deliberativeCharacterized by careful consideration
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
dialogue · discourse · argumentation · exchange · weighing · floor debate · motion · resolution · procedure · rules
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- allianceFormal union of parties
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
lobbying · consensus-building · bargaining · whip · power-play · influence · bloc · horse-trading · arm-twisting · backroom
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- conveneFormally gather together
- meetingGathering for discussion
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
forum · roundtable · closed-door · smoke-filled room · legislative · bloc · faction · working group · steering committee
party
Gathering for celebration
- factionGroup within group
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- RepublicanGOP party member
Democrat · progressive · conservative · bipartisan · partisanship · grassroots · rank-and-file · establishment · insurgent · splinter
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- social groupsdemographic groups, community, clan, ethnic groups, age groups
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
caucusesopen primaries
Nominating contests allowing unaffiliated voters
primaries · direct elections · secret ballots · general elections · popular vote
- party caucusLegislators' internal planning meeting
- Iowa caucusInitial presidential selection event
- caucus systemGroup-based candidate selection process
- party caucusesInternal political faction meetings
- congressional caucusLawmakers grouped by affiliation
- caucus leaderHead of party faction