GVPT 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Executive Privilege, Opinion Leadership, Crisis Management
20 Apr 2016
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Each party is responsible for choosing a candidate. Primary elections occur on different dates in different states. Only voters who are registered party members may vote in that party"s primary election. Any voter, regardless of party registration, can vote in either party"s primary election. Voters not registered with either party can vote in one party"s primary. A series of meetings of people who discuss the candidates, debate the issues, and then vote for a candidate. Meetings are held at local, county, and state levels. Generally caucuses are closed (i. e. , restricted to registered members of the party. Each state sends delegates to the national convention. Number of delegates depends on size of state. Delegates are pledged to vote for a candidate. Democrats use proportional allocation to divide states delegates among primary candidates. Republicans use mix of winner-take-all and proportional systems to divide states delegates among primary candidates. There are also dem super delegates who are unpledged.
