An election held within each of the two major parties—Democratic and Republican—to choose the party's candidates for the general election. Voters choose the candidate directly, rather than through delegates.
The group of electors who are selected by the voters in each state to elect officially the president and vice president The number of electors in each state is equal to the number of that state's representatives in both chambers of Congress.
A regularly scheduled election to choose the U.S. president, vice president, and senators and representatives in Congress. General elections are held in even-numbered years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
A primary in which voters can vote for a party's candidates regardless of whether they belong to the party.
A ballot (also called the Indiana ballot) that lists all of a party's candidates under the party label. Voters can vote for all of a party's candidates for local, state, and national offices by making a single "X" or pulling a single lever.
An election in which voters choose the candidates of their party, who will then run in the general election.
Campaign contributions not regulated by federal law, such as some contributions that are made to political parties instead of to particular candidates.