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Primaries use secret ballots, similar to those in general elections. Primary voters choose a slate of delegates who are affiliated with a particular candidate. In most states, those delegates sign a pledge to vote at the state convention for the candidate they represent.
Caucuses are less formal and take place in several stages. Instead of participating in a secret ballot, voters attend regional meetings, where over the course of several hours they listen to delegates stump for the various candidates. In some jurisdictions people still get up and stand single file behind the...
Before 1905, party bosses in each state handpicked their choice of candidate, leaving the general population with no say in the electoral process until the general election. Over time, most states switched to the caucuses and primaries, although many of those remained virtually meaningless for decades, as local delegates weren...
Yes. The Democratic party has national guidelines, whereas the GOP lets each state run its own system. The Democrats require states to send delegates based on the votes gained by each candidate to the national Democratic convention, where the nominee is officially announced. On the Republican side, some states use...
Democratic congressional candidates were raking in money last year. Not so the Democratic National Committee. The D.N.C.'s year-end finance report at the end of this month will chart about $40 million in donations in 1999--well below the $48 million it rang into its coffers four years earlier...