Examples of closed primary in the following topics:
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- A primary election is an election that narrows the field of candidates before the general election.
- Primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the next general election.
- In the case of closed primaries, only party members can vote.
- By contrast, in an open primary all voters may cast votes on a ballot of any party.
- The party may require them to express their support to the party's values and pay a small contribution to the costs of the primary.
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- Primaries may be classified as closed, semi-closed, semi-open, or open.
- In a closed primary, only voters who are registered with the party holding the primary are allowed to vote.
- In a semi-closed system, voters need not register with a party before the election, therefore independent voters may choose to vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary.
- In an open primary system, voters can vote in either primary regardless of affiliation.
- Summarize the primary system and how a primary differs from a caucus
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- Competition was intense and elections were very close.
- While most elections from 1874 through 1892 were extremely close, the opposition Democrats won only the 1884 and 1892 presidential elections.
- The northern and western states were largely Republican, save for closely balanced New York, Indiana, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
- The period featured a transformation from the issues of the Third Party System, instead focusing on domestic issues such as regulation of railroads and large corporations ("trusts"), the money issue (gold versus silver), the protective tariff, the role of labor unions, child labor, the need for a new banking system, corruption in party politics, primary elections, direct election of senators, racial segregation, efficiency in government, women's suffrage, and control of immigration.
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- They have a higher voter turnout in primary elections than the general population.
- During childhood, the main political influence comes from parents, other close family members and close surroundings such as the immediate community.
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- They have a higher voter turnout in primary elections than the general population.
- During childhood, the main political influence comes from parents, other close family members and close surroundings such as the immediate community.
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- To nominate candidates, political parties hold primary elections.
- Primary elections are used to narrow the field of candidates for the general election.
- In a primary, several members of the same political party campaign to become their party's nominee in the general election.
- During primary campaigns, state delegates are assigned to a primary candidate based on the outcome of a statewide vote.
- Whichever primary candidate emerges from the primary election with the most delegates becomes the party's presumptive nominee.
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- Deliberative democracy differs from traditional democratic theory in that authentic deliberation, not mere voting, is the primary source of legitimacy for the lawmaking processes.
- Almost all standing committee meetings for transacting business must be open to the public unless the committee votes, publicly, to close the meeting.
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- Due to changes in election laws, the primary and caucus calendar, and the manner in which political campaigns are run, conventions since the latter half of the 20th century have virtually abdicated their original roles, and are today mostly ceremonial affairs.
- President Gerald Ford, as the Republican nominee, shakes hands with nomination foe Ronald Reagan on the closing night of the 1976 Republican National Convention.
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- Although most campaign spending is privately financed, public financing is available for qualifying candidates for President of the United States during both the primaries and the general election.
- To receive subsidies in the primary, candidates must qualify by privately raising $5000 each in at least 20 states.
- From the inception of this program in 1976 through 1992, almost all candidates who could qualify accepted matching funds in the primary.
- In 2004 Bush and Democrats John Kerry and Howard Dean chose not to take matching funds in the primary.
- In 2008, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and Republicans John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul decided not to take primary matching funds.
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- The presidential general election occurs after the primary season and is the process through which a national vote chooses the president.
- In the United States, a presidential election is held every four years and includes both a primary season and a general election.
- During the primary season, the two major political parties narrow the field of candidates through state votes to nominate the party's candidate for the general election.
- In the primary season, candidates compete against other members of their party to win a majority of votes from voters within their own party.
- The presidential general election lasts from the end of the primary season, usually in June, until the vote on the first Tuesday of November.