Question

1. Who can vote in primaries and caucuses? Is it the same in each state?

2. Why is the primary/caucus process referred to as "indirect?'

3. When and where are party nominees formally chosen?

4. Do you think the primary and caucus system is an effective way to select presidential nominees? If so, why? If not, what would be a better way to nominate candidates?

Answer 1

1. Who can vote in primaries and caucuses? Is it the same in each state?

Answer-For primaries,Anyone who is eligible to vote and satisfies the rules by thier respective state can vote.For caucuses-Anyone who is supporter of a particular nominee can vote  In caucus,there is a meeting of supporters of a specific political party who gather to elect delegates to choose whom they believe should be the candidate in a given election.and the answer to Is it the same in each state,it depends on the rules which are prescribed by the state.

2.Why is the primary/caucus process referred to as "indirect"?

Answer-The primary/caucus process is referred to as "indirect" because instead of voters directly selecting a particular person running for president, they determine the number of delegates each party's national convention will receive from their respective state. These delegates then in turn select their party's presidential nominee.

3. When and where are party nominees formally chosen?

Answer-The party nominess-either Democratic or Republican are choosen via votes by the delegates.The answer to when and where they are choosed is-After the primaries of all the states,votes are counted and the nominee is choosen and they are choosen at Democratic or Republic national convention.

4. Do you think the primary and caucus system is an effective way to select presidential nominees? If so, why? If not, what would be a better way to nominate candidates?

Answer-The primary system is effective for selecting a presidential nominee because every single voter gets a chance to vote whereas in caucuses supporters elect delgates to vote and problem with caucus is first of all the process to decide a caucus can be very time-consuming, compared to a primary vote. Voting in a primary can take only minutes in many places. A caucus, on the other hand, can take a few hours to complete, with multiple votes.and there is no popular vote as in -Caucuses do not use a popular vote system like primaries . The caucus holds a vote for all the candidates, which the voter selects. Each candidate must receive a certain percentage of the vote to remain on the ballet. Voters that support a candidate that does not receive the required percentage of votes must then select a new candidate, and a new vote is held. This means that Candidate A may have 40 percent of the votes at the beginning and win the initial vote. However, as candidates can be dropped from the ballet, Candidate B could win because he was the better "second choice" for many voters.

The whole selection process is not effective.But to change the process,It has to go through congress and senate and the bill has to have unanimous support from both Democrats and Republican.The unanimous support will never happen because each side thinks that they are right.