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Questions answered by the resource:

Basic description of the different kinds of elections, with a focus mostly on the national level. Also includes a comprehensive elections vocabulary list

• What are the different kinds of elections?

• What are open primaries?

• What are blanket primaries?

• What are primaries?

• What are closed primaries?

• What are runoff primaries?

• What is a presidential primary?

• What is an electoral college?

• What are the kinds of ballots used in elections?

• What is an office-block ballot?

• What is a party-column ballot?

• What is split-ticket voting?

• What is straight-ticket voting?