party primaries
Pre-election candidate selection
Party primaries are elections in which voters select candidates to represent a political party in a general election.
In the United States, primaries determine who appears on the ballot for offices from president to local positions.
Some primaries are open to all voters; others restrict participation to registered party members.
The party primaries narrowed the field to two candidates.
- ballotVoting document
- runoffExcess water drainage
- nominationFormal candidate selection
- delegate countNumber of convention votes
- voter demographicsCharacteristics of voting populations
endorsement · name recognition · dark horse candidate · grassroots organizing · ground game · caucus · early voting · eligibility criteria · superdelegates · campaign strategy · stump speech · fundraising · mail-in ballots · swing voters · absentee voting · exploratory committee · election commission · polling data
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- Political Inclusionminority rights, minority voters, minority leaders, voter access, underrepresentation
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Nationwide voting for office
general elections · presidential election · runoff election · Election Day · midterm elections
party primariessmoke-filled rooms
Secretive political decision-making venues
brokered convention · backroom deals · appointment · party caucuses · caucuses
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