GOV 310L Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Campaign Finance In The United States, Income Tax, Political Action Committee
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Caucus: meeting of candidate supporters who choose delegates to a state or national convention: process: Voters state primaries & caucuses delegates national conventions nominees. Increase in primaries from 17 in 1952-1968 to 41 in 2008: caucuses take longer than primaries, are more complicated, and generally require participants to make public expression of candidate preferences. Smaller turnout than primaries (cid:862)i(cid:374)visible pri(cid:373)ary(cid:863): extended period of campaigning that goes on before a primary or caucus. Test the issues, raise money, campaign in ia and nh: dynamic primary calendar (ia and nh first): ia first caucus, nh first primary. Often give a candidate the momentum to win their party"s nomination: closed: people may vote in a party"s primary only if they are registered members of that party prior to election day. Independents cannot participate. semi-closed: as in closed primaries, registered party members can vote only in their own party"s primary.
