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Tag: open_primary_state

The Importance of Primary Elections

By pauldpeterson, Section News
Posted on Tue Dec 01, 2009 at 10:24:15 AM EST
Tags: primary_election, election_2010, open_primary_state (all tags)

The Importance of Primary Elections
By Paul "Revere" Peterson

What are Primary Elections anyway?

Primary Elections are elections in which major political parties decide who their candidate is going to be for the General Election. As you know in the American system, there are two major political parties, Democrats and Republicans. In any given contest between them, each party must first choose their candidate that will gain party support. Since political parties are supposed to be a vehicle by which individuals can find other persons of like mind, they band together to go choose the candidate they want to run for their party, unless, of course, it is uncontested, meaning, only one person willing to run. When there are multiple persons wanting that party's nomination to run in the General Election, they must put it before a vote of the people, not just any people, but their people: Democrats choosing the Democrat Candidate, and Republicans choosing the Republican Candidate. Simple enough...

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