What is the difference between a caucus primary election and a direct primary election?

Answer 1

In a direct primary election, you go and vote like in a general election and choose who you want to vote for.

A caucus election is a bit more complex. First there are precint caucusses (at least in Iowa). Now here it depends on the political party. Republicans will just have a straw poll, count the votes and tell the republican leaders the results, who will then choose the delegates in the state convention.

The Democrats system is a bit more complicated. People go to their precint caucus where they are divided accoring to candidate. Any candidate that is not seen a viable is eliminated and the people in the group move to another candidate. There are breaks so that people can talk and decide to what candidate they are moving to.

After they do that, they choose a number of delegates to the county caucus according to the percent received in the precint caucus. The county caucus will go through the same process and choose delegates to the state caucus where finally the delegates are chosen for the National Convention.

So, in other words, the number of "votes" a candidate receives in the precint caucus might not be proportional to the number of delegates he/she gets to the national convention because there can be changes in the county caucus.

In the case of direct primary election you get the percent of delegates based on the vote.

Now, keep in mind that in either system each state has the population delegates (based on population and divided depending on the primaries) and then there are the voted of the party leaders in that state.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Direct Primaries

Answer 4

In a direct primary election, voters themselves select the winner.

In a caucus primary election, party leaders or other appointed people select the winner. Not everyone plays a part in choosing.

Answer 5

I agree with Gloria what happened to 1 person 1 vote. I understand having to have a "primary" to figure out who that parties wants to run but I still don't understand how its done and I think this caucusus is crap. I'm still not sure that the primaries are done fair either because certain states seem to control who we have running and I think each state should have an input. Oh well us everyday people just have to wait and see what is decided for us and try to put the lesser of 2 evils in charge.

Answer 6

A cauacus is a funny tale the position human beings a crowded right into a room like cows and argue about which candidate they prefer and then vote. delegates are then assigned by ability of possibilities. a first is like the overall election yet in undemanding words the first section to elect who the nominee will be for each get at the same time. See also: putting chads.

Answer 7

That is why I do not vote anymore. Nominees, in my opinion, do not represent the people because most people do not understand how the process of selecting the real viable candidate for President. Voters are often lied to by deception by sound bites from the media as well as the print media. Candidates themselves play tricks to gain a few notches. An example is Ted Cruz's campaign blatantly deceiving possible Ben Carson supporter that he was suspending his campaign. The Cruz people said it was a mistake but thanks to the wonder of technology the voice message sent by the Cruz campaign was retrieved and clearly instructed the precinct leaders to make sure all Carson supporters are advised that Carson left the area.

Answer 8

The Democrats' caucus rules are clearly unconstitutional...people have a right to vote in private. A "straw poll" in the Republican caucuses... is this a hands vote, or written in private? Still, many people do not like to be in a crowd of people, anyway, so how does any caucus ensure one-man-one vote, in private?

Answer 9

This process sounds undemocratic! What happened to - One Person One Vote - that COUNTS??? Glad I do not live in Iowa.

Answer 10

Primaries are democratic. Caucusus are anal retentive.