No, Washington state is not a winner-take-all state in the general election. Instead, it uses a proportional allocation system for its electoral votes. In Washington, the electoral votes are awarded based on the percentage of votes each candidate receives in the popular vote, which allows for a more equitable distribution of votes among candidates.
By election.
Next election is in 2016
Yes. Voting (or not) in primaries has nothing to do with your ability to vote in the general election.
The primary elections are used to select the candidate for each party. There are no electoral votes associated with a primary election. Electoral votes are won by the winner in the General Election on Election Day.
South Carolina
the state of Washington held the first election
In the 1860 presidential election, Lincoln did not win in the State of Kentucky. The winner there was John Breckenridge.
Yes, you can vote in the general election without voting in the primaries.
Neither. There are primary and general elections. All the Democrats who want to be in Congress from your district will compete in the Democratic primary; all the Republicans will do likewise. Now, in most states whoever wins the Democratic primary will run against the person who wins the Republican primary in the general election. In Washington state, the top two vote-getters from the primary election will run in the general. This means that in some parts of Washington state, like the Columbia Basin where there are almost no Democrats, two Republicans could be on the general election ballot.
If there are not enough electoral votes to determine the winner of the election, the decision would then go to the House of Representatives to choose the President, with each state delegation having one vote.
you have to register and pay the fee to the state election board.
In the U. S., a general election can mean either any election in which people are elected to fill local, state and/or national offices, as opposed to a primary election, or any election in which people are elected to fill state and/or national offices, as opposed to a local election.