Primary Election – Flashcards

To pick who will run for president for each party

private vote done in a poll

Public vote. People gather in groups and take sides. They debate and can switch sides.

can only vote if you are registered as a Democrat or Republican and must vote on that side

Indepenents can pick to vote democrat or republican. Democrats and Republicans still must vote for their party

anyone can vote for any party no matter who they are registered with.

they can vote in the primaries but not in the general election

They mail their vote in and all abroad votes are counted together as if they were 1 big state

They mail their vote in and it is applied to the state they last lived in.

A bunch of states will hold their primary election on the same day....a tuesday

The electorates for the primaries. Some are required to vote how the popular vote did and some can vote how they choose

Awarded proportionally

Can vote for whoever they choose. Republicans dont call them super delegates

where they officially select the party's nominee

primary/caucus - national convention - general election - electoral college - white house

1 - Choose a president and VP 2 - Help build party platforms 3 - Chart party direction 4 - Rally people to a shared vision for the future

some states are winner take all, some are proportional, some are winner takes most

whoever wins the majority of the public vote gets all delegates for that state

each condidate take the same percentage of delegates as the percentage of popular votes they won

awarded proportionally

states choose between winner take all, proportional, winner takes most

when none of the candidates get enough delegates to win the nomination. During the second round the delegates do not have to vote for who the popular vote in their state voted for. They cn choose who they want.