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Q: What is it called when the winner of a primary election fails to win an absolute majority of the votes cast?
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A election is held to choose candidates for the main election?

An election held to choose candidates for the main election is called a Primary Election.


What election takes place before the general election to choose a political party's candidate?

These are called primaries or primary elections. Not all states have them.


An election held to choose the candidate a party will present is called a?

Primary Election


An election in which delegate select and nominate candidates is called?

An election in which delegates select and nominate candidates is called a caucus.


What is An election held to choose the candidate a party will present is called a election.?

Primary elections or primaries is what these elections are called.


An election in which any voter can help choose candidates for the general election is called an?

open primary.


What is a secondary primary election between the two candidates with the most votes called?

runoff primary


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What is the winner of a primary election called?

The winner of the primary is the party nominee.


What do voters choose in general elections?

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.


What is the term for the process of holding an election between the top two vote recipients in a primary called?

Run-off primary


What would happen if California called back its 55 electoral votes due to election cheating?

Without California's 55 votes, in either 2008 or 2012, Barack Obama and Joe Biden would still have the required absolute majority of electoral votes. The removal of California's votes would not have changed the outcome of the 2004 election, the first election in which California had 55 votes, either.