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1 TYPES OF ELECTIONS

2 What is a primary election?
The purpose of a primary is to allow each political party to determine who would be the best candidate to represent their party. For example, 8 Republicans may want to run for President, but each party is only allowed 1 nominee, the primary helps determine this nominee

3 PRIMARY v. CAUCUS PRIMARY ELECTIONS are elections where voters cast their vote privately and the election runs throughout a day. CAUCUSES are public meetings held a specific time, If you leave the meeting your vote doesn’t count.

4 TYPES OF PRIMARIES CLOSED
only members of the party can vote in that party’s primary. SEMI-CLOSED Members of the party and independent candidates can vote in the primary.

5 TYPES OF PRIMARIES CONT
OPEN -any registered voter can vote in either party’s primary.

6 PRIMARIES NEW HAMPSHIRE always holds the 1st primary.
In their state constitution. IOWA holds the first caucus.

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8 SUPER TUESDAY Each state has a primary or caucus which start in January and go to June. There is one day called SUPER TUESDAY where many states hold a primary. Each party then holds a convention where they announce their candidate for President.

9 GENERAL ELECTIONS The purpose:
To vote for the candidates and determine a winner for each office. Presidential Elections Held every 4 years 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November.


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