POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Political Action Committee
7 Dec 2015
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The invisible primary: not actually a primary contest, but there is something going on, following midterm election => iowa caucus. Primary season: starts january of election year, january=> midsummer. General election season: middle of summer =>early november, national conventions in middle of summer are launching point for general elections. Primaries: have to win primary to get nomination, go to poll and vote for a candidate, have to choose a party (republican or, new hampshire is first primary, 34 states, usually used by larger states democratic vote) Caucuses: a meeting at a place where you cast votes, have to show up a specific place at a certain time, more effort, harder to organize, iowa first caucus, 20 states, usually used by smaller states. Winning votes at a primary or caucus translates to winning delegates so if you get the majority of delegates, you win the nomination, announced during the summer at the convention.
