open primary.
An election held to choose candidates for the main election is called a Primary Election.
General Elections
known as a primary election or a party primary. In this type of election, party members choose their preferred candidate from a field of candidates who are running for the same party nomination. The winner of the primary election then becomes the official candidate for the party in the general election.
choose party candidates for the general election.
In the US the elections are called primaries as they are the first step to the election of the final candidate. In the presidential elections Barack Obama first had to beat Hillary Clinton among others before facing John McCain who had beaten other candidates from the Republican party.
Such is the purpose of primary elections. Candidates may also be determined by caucuses and state conventions.
it is called a general election unless we are voting for a president then it is called a presidential election
The purpose of any primary election is to choose candidates for the main election.
The purpose of any primary election is to choose candidates for the main election.
The purpose of a runoff primary is that it is a second primary election between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first primary election to choose for the winner to becomes the party's candidate in the general election.
The purpose of a runoff primary is that it is a second primary election between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first primary election to choose for the winner to becomes the party's candidate in the general election.
These preliminary elections are called primary electionsor primaries. Open primaries allow any registered voter to vote in whatever primary they choose to vote in. Closed primaries attempt to restrict the voters to supporters of the party primary they want to vote in.