Voting

Before any votes are cast in the general election between Republican and Democratic candidates, each party must decide whom to nominate to run for office. This process occurs at virtually every...

A blanket primary, or open primary, differs from a closed primary in that voters can select candidates with no regard for the candidates' or their own political party affiliation. In a closed...

Every four years, a presidential election rolls around, pitting nominees from the two major parties against each other for the nation's highest office. Aside from several third-party candidates,...

The presidential nominee for either the Democratic or Republican party is selected at the state level by means of either caucuses or a primary. Nineteen states utilize a caucus in some fashion...

In a primary election, voters select the candidates who will represent each political party in the upcoming general election. But not everyone is eligible to vote in a primary election. Here is...

Primary elections are those that take place before a general election and elect a nominee from a political party who will then run against nominees from other political parties during the general...

Until the early 20th century, candidates for most elections were chosen by the power brokers of each political party. The catchphrase for this secretive nomination process was "the smoke-filled...

The prelude to the presidential election, the state presidential primaries explode onto the national news every four years. Garnering far less attention are state primaries for other candidates,...

Primary elections in the United States are used to choose one candidate from a pool of applicants for each political party to run in an election as a representative of the entire party.

Many voters often ignore primary elections during national or state election cycles. Uninterested voters often wait until the general election, when candidates from both parties have been...

Contrary to what some Americans believe, the U.S. Constitution does not prescribe a process for choosing the presidential nominees. After all, political parties did not exist in the United States...

A primary election is a preliminary election that is held to determine which candidate will receive the nomination of his party to represent them in a general election. The winning candidate then...

Primary elections are held to nominate candidates from each political party, who will then go on to run in the general election. Primary elections occur every four years when we choose the...