Elections of All Kinds

Elections can be confusing, especially depending on where you are registered to vote. Below we've listed and described all the different kinds of major elections, from primaries to conventions we've got it.            

General Elections

   

General elections are the last election conducted to determine who will fulfill the role in question. In most cases a single candidate from each party will be represented on the final ballot.

       

Primary

   

A primary election is conducted to decide who will be the candidate on the general election ballot for a particular party. There are two different types of primaries: open and closed.

       

Closed Primary

   

A closed primary requires a voter to choose to vote in either the Republican primary or the Democratic primary.

       

Open Primary

   

An open primary allows a voter to participate in both the Republican and Democratic primary elections. Those primaries are generally held on separate days.

       

Caucus

 

A caucus is a meeting of party members, it usually taking place on a local scale. Members of a particular political party will choose which candidate they would like to send either to a convention or to run in a general election.

       

Conventions

   

Conventions are usually held on the national level. Representatives from each state, all of the same political party, will come together for several days to determine who should be the candidate for the general election. While conventions are most common for selecting a candidate for president they also exist for choosing gubernatorial and congressional candidates in states such as Michigan and Utah.

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