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Question 1: What is the difference between primary and general elections?

2014-03-11 17:25:53 UTC

- A primary election is held by the Republican and Democratic parties in order to select their nominees that will run for office. In this election, republicans run against republicans and democrats run against democrats. Voters are only allowed to vote for one party's candidate. A primary election is also used to narrow down the number of candidates running for the general election.

- A general election is between party nominees and other candidates that have no political party affiliation. It is used to determine the candidate that will take over the office that is up for election. The proposals from the statewide ballot also appear during the general elections.

- Citation: http://www.lwvka.org/guideP06/primaryvgeneral.html

Question 3: Who Can Be a Candidate in a U.S. Election?

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a presidential candidate must be a natural born citizen of the United States, a resident for 14 years, and 35 years of age or older.

Question 4: Who Selects the Electoral College?

jgonzalez37238 — 2014-03-11 17:30:01 UTC

Political Parties Nominate People Usually people That are Highly involved in Politics.

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/electors.html

Question 2: How are Presidential Candidates Selected?

sam_markham127 — 2014-03-11 17:31:51 UTC

In the summer of every presidential election year, each party has conventions to select their candidates. The presidential candidates are selected by groups of delegates from each state. After many speeches being presented and demonstrations in support of each candidate, the delegates from each state begins to vote, for the candidate of their choice. The first candidate to receive the majority number of votes becomes the party’s presidential candidate. After receiving the most votes, he/she selects their vice presidential candidate.

https://newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/how-are-presidential-candidates-chosen/

By: Matt Bree, Samantha M. Shaniah Rae, and Adriana Loiacono

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Number of Votes Per State

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