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Open primaries in the United States

Index Open primaries in the United States

An open primary is a primary election that does not require voters to be affiliated with a political party in order to vote for partisan candidates. [1]

55 relations: Alabama, American Independent Party, Arkansas, Blanket primary, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Constitutionality, Democratic Party (United States), First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Freedom of association, Freedom of speech, General election, Georgia (U.S. state), Gitlow v. New York, Hawaii, Illinois, Independence Party of New York, Independent voter, Indiana, John McCain, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Moderate, Montana, NAACP v. Alabama, New Hampshire, New York (state), Nomination, Nonpartisan blanket primary, Nonpartisanism, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Political party, Primary election, Republican Party (United States), Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Supreme Court of the United States, Tennessee, Texas, The Rush Limbaugh Show, United States courts of appeals, ..., Vermont, Virginia, Voter turnout, Washington (state), Wisconsin. Expand index (5 more) »

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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American Independent Party

The American Independent Party (AIP) is a far-right political party in the United States that was established in 1967.

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Arkansas

Arkansas is a state in the southeastern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2017.

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Blanket primary

The blanket primary is a system used for selecting political party candidates in a primary election in the United States.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Constitutionality

Constitutionality is the condition of acting in accordance with an applicable constitution; the status of a law, a procedure, or an act's accordance with the laws or guidelines set forth in the applicable constitution.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances.

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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Freedom of association

Freedom of association encompasses both an individual's right to join or leave groups voluntarily, the right of the group to take collective action to pursue the interests of its members, and the right of an association to accept or decline membership based on certain criteria.

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Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.

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General election

A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Gitlow v. New York

Gitlow v. New York,, was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had extended the reach of certain limitations on federal government authority set forth in the First Amendment—specifically the provisions protecting freedom of speech and freedom of the press—to the governments of the individual states.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Independence Party of New York

The Independence Party is an affiliate in the U.S. state of New York of the Independence Party of America.

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Independent voter

An independent voter, often called an unaffiliated voter in the United States, is a voter who does not align themselves with a political party.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, a seat he was first elected to in 1986.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Moderate

Moderate is a general term for people who fall in the center category of the left–right political spectrum.

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Montana

Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.

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NAACP v. Alabama

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama, (1958), was an important civil rights case brought before the United States Supreme Court.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Nomination

Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to a public office, or the bestowing of an honor or award.

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Nonpartisan blanket primary

A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once, instead of being segregated by political party.

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Nonpartisanism

Nonpartisanism is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias toward, a political party.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

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Primary election

A primary election is the process by which the general public can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008

The 2008 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Rush Limbaugh Show

The Rush Limbaugh Show is a conservative American talk radio show hosted by Rush Limbaugh on Premiere Networks.

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United States courts of appeals

The United States courts of appeals or circuit courts are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Voter turnout

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_primaries_in_the_United_States

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