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Primaries Caucuses
Primaries Caucuses
Can I get
the support
Who is likely to I need?
challenge me for the
nomination of the
party?
Do I have any
Is now or
“baggage”
“next time”
that will hurt
the right
Who is likely to be my me?
time?
main rival?
Enquiry Question: How do elections work?
Learning Outcomes
• To explain the procedures for primary elections
(closed and open) and caucuses
• To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of
each
Key Vocabulary Dominoes
YOUR TASK:
You will need to fully understand and be able to use a wide range of political vocabulary
to describe the primary process.
Working in small groups, connect the dominos so that the definitions and correctly
matched up.
Primaries & Caucuses
• 2 main types
• Primaries ‐ An election to determine which candidate will
be the sole person to represent a particular political party
in a contest for elected office.
• General Elections ‐ Candidates representing all of the
different parties (but no more than one candidate from
each party) compete against one another.
• Different states have different types of primaries:
– Closed primary: only registered members / voters of the
political party in question can vote in their party’s primary. (i.e.
“It’s our team, we pick our captain!”)
– Open primary: registered voters belonging to any political party
may pick any one of the political parties having a primary
contest to vote in.
Primaries & Caucuses
Iowa - Emily
New Hampshire - Keeley
District of Columbia - Deanna
Texas - Kevin
California - Siannah
New York - Erida
Virginia - Madihah
Alaska - Reya
Ohio - Rudi
Florida - Fajr
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