primary season
Pre-convention voting period
Primary season is the period in a U.S. election cycle when political parties hold primaries and caucuses to select their presidential nominees.
It typically runs from early February through June of an election year, with states voting on different dates: The candidates crisscrossed Iowa as primary season began.
The intense media coverage and shifting momentum make it a defining phase of American politics.
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
- caucusParty selection meeting
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- delegate countNumber of convention votes
- nominationFormal candidate selection
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- primariesprimaries, open primaries, closed primaries, caucuses, delegates
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primary seasongeneral election
Nationwide voting for office
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