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Why do you have a primary election?
In a representative form of government, most nations have political parties. Thus, in a General election (that is, the election to chose the government representative), a political party puts forth a member of their party to contest in the election. A political party needs some method for choosing the party member to stand in the General election, and this is what we use Primary elections for.
What are the campaigning role that political party member play in supporting their party?
A political party member encourages others to join their party and vote for their candidates.
Which candidates would most likely receive the vote of a member of the silent majority in the 1968 election?
Richard Nixon
What is the Criteria for a Political party become a state party in India?
A political party shall be treated as a recognised political party in a State, if and only if either the conditions specified in Clause (A) are, or the condition specified in Clause (B) is, fulfilled by that party and not otherwise, that is to say-(A) that such party -has been engaged in political activity for a continuous period of five years; andhas, at the last general election in that State to the House of the People, or, as the case may be, to the Legislative Assembly of the State, returned-either ( i ) at least one member to the House of the People for every twenty-five members of that House or any fraction of that number from that State;or (ii) at least one member to the Legislative Assembly of that State for every thirty members of that Assembly or any fraction of that number;(B) that the total number of valid votes polled by all the contesting candidates set up by such party at the last general election in the State to the House of the People, or as the case may be, to the Legislative Assembly of the State, is not less than six per cent of the total number of valid votes polled by all the contesting candidates at such general election in the State.
In PA can you be registered as both a democrat and a republican?
Primaries are closed. Republicans and Democrats only vote for their candidates. Independents etc. can still vote in the primary only for public questions. Independents etc. can vote for who they want only in the general election. If an Independent is running in the primary you can only vote that parties candidate. The same with Green Party etc.
