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Hot Topics: Elections: Primaries and Caucuses

A guide to voting and ballots in the 2019 and 2020 elections

Overview

2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination
270toWin
Government 101: United States Presidential Primary
Project Vote Smart
How do the Iowa caucuses work? A primer for the 2020 election
CBS News, 1/30/2020
How the New Primary Calendar Changes the Contest for Democrats
New York Times, 12/11/2019
Political primaries and caucuses explained
CNN, 10/15/2019
Primaries and Caucuses: How They Work, How They're Different, and Why They Matter in Presidential Elections
Teen Vogue, 12/23/2019
Primaries and Caucuses: The Basics
Bill of Rights Institute
Primary elections in Maine
Ballotpedia
Ready, Set, Vote: Here’s Everything You Need to Know for the 2020 Primaries
New York Times, 2/03/2020
A simple guide to US primaries and caucuses
BBC, 2/4/2020
There are 2 different ways for states to choose presidential nominees — and there are some major differences between them
Business Insider, 3/05/2019
The U.S. Presidential Nominating Process
Council on Foreign Relations, 1/13/2020
US election 2020: What are presidential primaries and caucuses?
Al Jazeera, 2/02/2020
What to know about the Iowa caucuses
Pew Research Center, 1/31/2020

Presidential Election Process
USA.gov

Other Resources

Primaries and caucuses
Video from Khan Academy
What are the Primaries and Caucuses? – Lesson Plan
PBS.org lesson plan geared towards grades 6-12
Open Primaries: State by State
Click on a state to find information on voting in primaries in that state

Timelines of Primaries & Caucuses Elections

2020 State Primary Election Dates
National Conference of State Legislatures, lists both state and presidential primary dates
State Primaries and Caucuses Calendar Page
ABC News
US elections 2020: When are the debates, primaries, conventions?
Al Jazeera, 11/07/2019
When the major primaries and caucuses are happening – and how they work
CBS News, 1/02/2020

Current News and Results

2020 Democratic Presidential Primary
NPR
2020 Democratic Primaries and Caucuses
CBS News
Primaries
New York Times
Primaries & Caucuses
CNN

Last Updated: Sep 29, 2020 1:33 PM
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Subjects: Political Science

Tags: voting

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