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Primaries and Conventions

Learn about presidential primaries where delegates express candidate preferences, how parties use primaries to test candidate chances, and the significance of conventions in the US election process.

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Primaries and Conventions

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  1. Primaries and Conventions

  2. Presidential Primaries • Elections in which delegates can express their preference for presidential candidates • Democrats use proportional system, Republicans all-or-nothing

  3. Additional Role of Primaries • Force candidates seeking party endorsement to test their chances • Party out-of-power usually has a hard fought campaign

  4. Conventions • The party tells each state how many delegates it may send • Number is based on state’s electoral votes, with bonus delegates for those states that have supported the party in past elections • Occur every four years

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