The presidential primary for 2016 in California is set for June 7.
Primaries begin in January of an election year. The Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primaries are usually the first, with one or two state primaries each week until "Super Tuesday," a single day in late February or early March when nearly half the states conduct primaries and caucuses.
Yes
Iowa was the first state.
Primaries are elections held by political parties to choose their candidates for an upcoming election. A convention is a meeting where party delegates officially nominate their candidates and finalize their party platform for the election. Primaries are usually held before the convention to determine the candidates who will be officially endorsed at the convention.
Modified primaries refer to elections where the rules have been altered to allow certain types of voters, such as independents, to participate in the primary election process. This modification can vary by state and can include open primaries, semi-closed primaries, or semi-open primaries. The aim is to broaden participation and potentially increase voter turnout.
They don't. We don't have third party candidates of any political significance.
Non-binding primaries is when states can select candidates to a specific state convention and then select delegates for the national convention. Binding primaries is when all of the delegates must vote for a candidate at the national convention.
Delegates are chosen by State Primaries and caucuses!
During state primaries and conventions of political parties midyear.
New York
Primary elections are preliminary elections for the purpose of choosing the candidates for the main elections that actual choose the office-holders. The term "state primary" may refer to an election held within a state to choose candidates for the presidential election or it may refer to primaries held to choose candidates for state offices.