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If you are a Republican Can you vote democratic in the primary and main Presidential election?
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∙ 15y ago
Yes. The purpose of the primary election is to choose the nominees for the election in November. (However, if you move during the time between the two elections, you need to be sure that you are registered to vote at your new address. )
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 16y agoYes, you can vote for a democrat in the primary and then for a republican in the November election. You will be affiliated with the Democratic party until December 31, 2008 though. But, because the candidates are all on the same ballot in the November election, you can choose whomever you want. I got this from the following website: http://www.texasgop.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Candidates Go to this website and click on the "Voter Information" link. From there, click on the ""New Voting in the Primary Elections and Participation in the Precinct Convention on March 4th"" link. I also pasted the info from that link below: If you are a registered voter in the state of Texas, you will simply choose your party and vote in that party's primary. To explain, we do not register by party in Texas. One becomes "affiliated" with a party by voting in a party's primary and the affiliation lasts for that primary year. As an example, if a voter voted in the March 2006 primary or April 2006 runoff primary, the voter affiliated with that party for the rest of that year, but on December 31, 2006 the affiliation expired. The affiliation means that the person may not vote in another party's primary or participate in another party's convention or sign an independent candidate's petition for place on the ballot if the independent candidate's position appears on the primary ballot. Note that in the general election in November, a voter may vote for whomever he/she wishes, regardless of how or whether he/she voted in the primary or runoff primary election, since all candidates are on the same ballot.
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∙ 11y agoThe great thing about the democratic system in America is that you can vote for whoever you want to vote for! The primaries limit you to vote within your political party (some states allow registered independents to vote for either party in a primary) but it has no bearing on your vote in the final election. It's just important that you actually get out there and exerciseyour right to vote!
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∙ 15y agoThe primary election is held to decide the candidacy for a particular party.Therefore the only way to decide the democratic nominee is to be a registered democrat. However in the main election you are allowed to vote for the party of your choice.
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∙ 16y agoIn the general election you may vote either party regardless of your vote in the primary.
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∙ 16y agoAt election time you can vote for any candidate you choose. The primary is about picking a party's candidate, not electing an official.
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∙ 12y agoYou can in most, if all not all states, all you have to is declare which party's ballot you want .
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∙ 16y agoYes
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What is held during the summer before a presidential election?
Primary elections and caucuses and the Democratic and Republican Presidential conventions
The presidential primary season begins in which month?
The presidential primary is part of the nominating process of United States presidential elections. It starts in the month of January.
What are the democratic and Republican national conventions?
The Democratic and Republican National convententions are where the delegates of each party meet to nominate their Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominees. The nominees get delegates by winning each state's primary or caucus.
New Hampshire is the first state to hold a presidential what?
primary election .
What is the meeting where a political party chooses its presidential candidate?
A convention is a meeting where the political party names its candidate for presidential election. Running parties hold this convention.
What is held during the summer before a presidential election?
Primary elections and caucuses and the Democratic and Republican Presidential conventions
What does an open primary mean?
An open primary means that anyone of any party, including Independents, can vote in that election. The Presidential Preference election requires either Republican or Democratic party affiliation.
Can a registered democrat vote republican in Pennsylvania presidential election?
Yes, you can. I found this in fairfaxcounty.gov "Virginia is an Open Primary state which means that any registered voter in Virginia can vote in either a Democratic or Republican primary. When both parties are holding a primary election, you will be asked which primary you want to vote in when you check in to vote with your photo ID."
In which type of primary election can only democrats vote in a democratic primary and only republicans vote in a republican primary?
Closed
Which type of primary election can only Democrats vote in a Democratic primary and only Republicans vote in a Republican primary?
Closed Primary :)
Can you vote Democratic in the Mississippi primary but Republican in the national election in November?
Yes, in the primary if you are a Democrat, you are only allowed to vote for candidates running in the Democratic primary. But in the general election, all registered voters can choose from the Democratic candidate, Republican candidate, Independent candidate, or any other candidate that appears on the November ballot.
The presidential primary season begins in which month?
The presidential primary is part of the nominating process of United States presidential elections. It starts in the month of January.
Is Mississippi a democrat or republican state?
Because the state of Mississippi does not offer registered voter statistics by party, we must judge either from primary elections (to see how many voters their are from both parties) or from general elections. Through primary elections we conclude that Mississippi is a state dominated by the Democratic Party. In the 2007 Mississippi Governor election, the Democratic Primary had a total of about 450,000 voters compared to about 197,000 voters of the Republican Primary. Also, in the 2008 Presidential Election, the Mississippi Democratic Party Primary had a total of about 429,000 voters compared to about 145,000 voters of the Republican party. Whereas in general elections we conclude that Mississippi is a state dominated by the Republican party. In the 2008 Presidential election the Republican candidate (John McCain) received about 725,000 votes while the Democratic candidate (Barack Obama) received about 555,000 votes. The total voter turnout for the election was about 1,290,000 voters. This is significantly larger than the voter turnout for state primaries such as the primaries for the 2007 Governor election where there was a total of about 650,000 voters, which is almost half the amount of voters that voted in the presidential election. This would support the theory that the state of Mississippi has a larger voter turnout in general elections because voters do not have to vote in affiliation with a party; evidently showing how it is more likely that there are more unaffiliated or independent voters in the state of Mississippi than there are Democratic and Republican voters.Source: http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/ed_pubs/pubs/BlueBookLow/09-Elections/pageflip.html
What is true of Democratic presidential primary candidates when compared with Republican presidential primary candidates?
Democrats permit candidates receiving 15 percent or more of the vote to proportionally divide delegates.
A republican party member cannot vote in a primary election for a democratic candidate?
Virginia does not have party registration. In Virginia a person can vote in one primary, republican or democrat, but not both. So a republican can vote in the democratic primary. Should you chose the democrat you most agree with or the one you think has the greatest chance of loosing to the republican is up to you.
Which state holds a primary election today?
Mississippi has primary today (August 23,2011) for the Democratic governor and the Republican state treasurer nominations.
What presidential candidate won Ohio in 2012?
Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary election in Ohio on March 4, 2008.
