1. Warm Up – February 27
Grab the handout from the front table

2. Unit 3: Political parties and Elections
Types of Elections

3. What is a primary election?
The purpose of a primary election 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

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

5. 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.
OPEN – any registered voter can vote in either party’s primary election

6. TOD – February 27 Answer the following questions on a post it:
1. What is the purpose of a primary election?
2. What is the difference between a primary and a caucus?
3. Describe the three types of primaries