POL 10100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Primary Election, Nonpartisanism, Representative Democracy
11 Dec 2016
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Can skip primary by running as an independent. Runoff election- when one candidate doesn"t get at least half of the vote: between top two. Closed primary- can only vote if you are registered in the party. Semi-open primary- voters publicly declare which primary they are participating in. Semi-closed primary- unaffiliated voters can vote in any party: if you are already in a party you can only vote for that party. Nonpartisan primary- top two candidates move on to general election: can be from the same party. Every four years: president, all seats in the house of representatives, 1/3 of the senate. Midterm elections- when the president is not being elected: all seats in the house of representatives, 1/3 of the senate. Senators serve 6 year terms: broken up into classes. At large council member- don"t represent specific areas of a city.
