Such is the purpose of primary elections. Candidates may also be determined by caucuses and state conventions.
the answer is (PRIMARY ELECTION)
nomination
A primary election is to select the candidates of a particular political party. They then go and debate at the General Election.
It helps a political party nominate candidates for the next general election.
In the United States, primary elections are the elections in which voters express their preferences for who they want to represent their political party in an upcoming general election. The general election then normally has one candidate from each party in each race.
A primary election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election. A general election is is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election.'
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.
Political parties use primary elections to determine who they will nominate to represent the parties in the general elections. In the general elections, voters choose from among candidates of various political parties their preferences to fill government offices.
In a representative form of government, most nations have political parties. Thus, in a General election (that is, the election to chose the government representative), a political party puts forth a member of their party to contest in the election. A political party needs some method for choosing the party member to stand in the General election, and this is what we use Primary elections for.
Before the general election is one or more primary elections, which narrows down a field of candidates.
open primary.
They are "elected".
a type of ballot used in general election where all of the candidates from each party are listed in parallel columns is called