primary voters
Early election participants
Primary voters are citizens who participate in primary elections—the contests held before general elections to choose each party's candidates.
In the United States, primaries vary by state: some are open to any registered voter, others restricted to party members.
Primary voters tend to be more politically engaged and ideologically committed than the general electorate, which often pulls candidates toward their party's base: Primary voters in both parties have pushed candidates away from the center.
- caucusParty selection meeting
- ballotVoting document
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- registeredFormally recorded or enrolled
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- primariesprimaries, open primaries, closed primaries, caucuses, delegates
- votersconstituent, nonvoter, constituents, electors, turnout
- Political Groupsfaction, Republican Party, caucus, Democratic Party, wing
primary voterscandidates
Those seeking selection
elected officials · party leadership · superdelegates · campaign donors
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