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How Do Caucuses Work?
URL: http://people.howstuffworks.com/question721.htm

Description:
This essay explains how caucuses work, and outlines the differences between presidential primaries and caucuses, which are both "a means for each political party to let voters nationwide select their party's presidential nominee." The Iowa caucus (the first of the presidential election year) is used as an example. Includes links to further information about the U.S. presidential election system. From HowStuffWorks.

LII Topics: Caucuses, U.S. Elections

Publisher:
HowStuffWorks, Inc.

Extra Keywords
how stuff works

LII Database Information:
Record 25168 created by Julianna Hamann on 12/27/2007
Last modification on 01/02/2008
Published: 01/02/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25168

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