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.
These are known as primary elections or primaries.
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Primary elections and caucuses and the Democratic and Republican Presidential conventions
An election held to choose candidates for the main election is called a Primary Election.
These are called primaries or primary elections. Not all states have them.
A political party's closed primary election is a primary election that is open only to members of the party.
wisconsin had the first primary election
A primary, or primary election, is the election in which voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent the party in the general election. So basically, when people vote on who will run for the democrats during the presidential election, it's a primary election. Voting on the actual president would be the general election.
It is generally required that the petition for nomination be filed after the primary election
The PA primary election is May 17
governor's have TWO elections to get elected,primary AND general
A primary election is to select the candidates of a particular political party. They then go and debate at the General Election.
These are known as primary elections or primaries.
No, in an election year, primary elections are held in order to pick the party candidates for the general election which is held in November (Although primary often means most important, sometimes, as in this case, primary means first.)
primary election, got this from my text book!