Question

What is the difference between a primary election and a general election?

Answer 1

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Primary elections are used to select candidates for the general election. There are basically three types of primary elections in the US. The first is a closed primary. In this type of election only people who declared for a party can vote in the primary for that party to select their candidate for the general election. Those who are not registered for a party can not for in primary except if there are any non-partisan elections or issues. In Florida school board, judges and occasional amendments are also on the primary ballot and everyone can vote for them. If anyone of those candidates gets over 50% of the vote they are declared winner. If not the top two them appear on the general election ballot. In Florida you can change your party up to thirty days before the primary. In NY it is 9 months before. The winners of primary then goes on the general election ballot.

The general election is the vote that establishes who is the winner of the office. Everyone who is eligible votes on which candidate they want in office. The winner of the most votes is the person elected. This does not necessarily mean that the person got over 50% of the casted votes. The more candidates that are running for an office the lower the threshold. Thus if you have 4 candidates running you could win the office with 26% of the vote.

Answer 2

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Primary: An election where voters select candidates for an upcoming general election. Winning candidates will have delegates sent to the national party convention as their party's U.S. presidential nominee.

A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections